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Originally Posted by hyc
Nobody teaches these things, you learn by doing.
You say you know C, C++, and Java. Sounds to me though, like you don't actually know how computers work. There's only one skill you actually need - the ability to look at someone else's code and understand what it does. All else follows from this. It doesn't matter what language you're dealing with. Understanding how software works is the same skill, regardless.
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Thanks for the hard response (seriously). Appreciate the no-bs advice.
Truth is, I spent about 3 months learning those 3 languages from books, and I studied them pretty hard to actually grasp it, and I understand the toy programs in the books that they use to explain language features like a pointer or whatnot, I just don't have a lot of practical experience creating my own stuff or even modifying other peoples (I guess the latter is a better place to start).
I'll look over the RTMPdump code again and try to understand it better with the help of google. I think I got a bit intimidated at first seeing something bigger than the simple programs that demonstrate language features.
Thanks.