[CVALE] Question about structured programming... (C Programming Specifically)

[Landon Blake]

I've got a question about structured programming, and C Programming in
particular. 

 

I do most of my programming in Java, which is an object oriented
language with lots of "syntax sugar". :] I wanted to try my hand at
writing a couple of little C programs, in part so I can gain some
experience programming in C that will help me understand how the Linux
kernel works.

 

It seems that every time I try to sit down and design a C program I end
up trying to emulate an object oriented programming language. I guess
that my brain has been hard wired to program with objects. All the other
languages I've dabbled in have been object-oriented. (Python, C#, Visual
Basic .Net, C++...) I know that this is done to some extent with systems
like GNOME, which imitate object oriented programming using the C
programming language. I know that it is possible to do this, but is it
really practical? Should I fight the urge to create a system that mimics
object oriented programming when working with the C programming
language? Or should I embrace this technique and just use something like
GNOME in my own C programs?

 

They don't mimic an object oriented programming technique in the Linux
kernel, do they? Should I force myself to write programs in C that
adhere to the principles of structured programming?

 

Thanks for the advice.

 

Landon

 

 



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