[C][] is the grandaddy of most modern programming languages. There are several C tutorials available on-line. I would recommend [Prof. McMillan]'s [introduction][] and [The C Book][] by Mike Banahan, Declan Brady, and Mark Doran, which has lots of well-explained examples to get you going. [C]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29 [Prof. McMillan]: http://www.physics.drexel.edu/directory/faculty/homepage/?lname=McMillan&fname=Steve [introduction]: http://www.physics.drexel.edu/students/courses/Comp_Phys/General/C_basics/index.html [The C Book]: http://publications.gbdirect.co.uk/c_book/ [[!tag tags/tools]] [[!tag tags/programming]] [[!tag tags/C]]