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[laughing_rex]

I am laughing_rex.
I am from kolkata, India. I am a B-tech student. I am very much interested in programming, and I wish to become a pro. I googled for good programming forums and that brought me here.
I was hoping someone over here could tell me, how to be a good programmer. Looking forward to replies...:-)

[RhetoricalRuvim]

Welcome to CodeCall, laughing_rex.

To be a good programmer, what I would say, you need to try, and put effort into what you do. If you try, sooner or later, you would get to the right solution. And also, we - the members of this forum - can't help other members who are not willing to put effort into what they're doing and are asking others to do their homework for them.

As for programming languages, I mostly use JavaScript, C, and assembly; of course I had to learn HTML before I could learn JavaScript, but HTML is easy. Have you learned any computer language yet?

[laughing_rex]

Hi RhetoricalRuvim....:-)

I understand your point, and I agree that its very important to put efforts. I have read some books and done some basic programming. But I think I have reached a point where books can help me no more (or I need other books, that can...:-D). I now need to observe and learn from better programmers.

I do know some programming languages. I know C, C++, HTML(actually I know xHTML), some CSS and Javascript (I made a web page once), currently doing JAVA.
I also did some programming for Intel 8085 microprocessor.

[WingedPanther]

Welcome aboard!

[laughing_rex]

Thanx RhetoricalRuvim and WingedPanther..:-)

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Hey RhetoricalRuvim,

Where u from?

I do know some languages: C,C++, xHTML, basics of Javascript and CSS, and m currently doing JAVA. Also I have some Intel 8085 programming experience.

I agree that I gotta put more efforts. But I want to put my efforts into the right things, so I end up here..:-D. I think programming books can no longer help me out(or maybe I just need better books...:-D). My programs are not fast and efficient..:-(. I need to learn from experienced and professional programmers.

I am also looking for people who are at my stage and also want to improve, as there is no better way to learn than by mutual sharing and friendly competition....:-)

[RhetoricalRuvim]

laughing_rex said:

Hey RhetoricalRuvim,

Where u from?

What do you mean?

[laughing_rex]

I meant where do you live?

[fread]

Welcome to codecall laughing_rex!

[RhetoricalRuvim]

laughing_rex said:

I meant where do you live?

The United States. Is there any reason in particular wherefore you would ask?

[laughing_rex]

Thanx Fread...:-)

@RhetoricalRuvim: Naah...nothing in particular. Just conversing...:-). I also sent U a friend request.

Hey!...Do u any person/book that can help me write faster code??

[RhetoricalRuvim]

Is there such a thing? I mean, you mostly just need to optimize your code and keep it as simple as possible. You can also turn on optimizations in your compiler, if they're off (this is not really possible with scripting/interpreted languages), which should help, more or less.

If you're really serious about making your code fast, and don't care too much about how long it would take you to write it, I would recommend learning assembly language; that's the lowest level (as in, most step by step, not as in programming experience) you can get to without editing binary files and changing/adding the numbers there. At that point you would need to think how to do as much work in as little as possible labor for the processor.

Whatever the case would be, I think writing as simple code as possible helps make the code faster.

[laughing_rex]

RhetoricalRuvim,

Ok as an example: What wud u do to input a large number, say 10^9 in C??