If you're looking to do web programming, C is probably not going to directly
benefit you - it's not that it's a bad language to learn, or that it doesn't
have uses, but you'd probably be better off trying to improve your PHP or
RoR skills.

That being said, if you need to get lower-level knowledge of how memory
management and other close-to-the-metal concerns work, a decent C course
wouldn't be a bad thing at all.

If you're an autodidact, there are some good resources available on the web
- I can work up a list, and I'm sure other people have suggestions.  I also
have a fondness for O'Reilly's *Programming PHP*, if you want to pick up a
book.  I've heard really good things about The Pragmatic Programmer's Ruby
book, but Ruby isn't (thus far) something I've worked with, so that's
secondhand advice.

- Dave

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Lepczyk, Timothy <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I work in a digital library and am transitioning to something more like a
> programmer and less like a librarian.  My strengths are in xslt and unix,
> but I've been working some with php and ruby on rails.  I'm trying to learn
> as much as I can, and am considering enrolling in an intro to C programming
> class (free through my university's night school).
>
> Is this worthwhile, or should I focus my attention elsewhere?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim Lepczyk
>