Is there a section in Tom's hardware, where i can ask programming questions?

[Lumia925]

I'm learning the C language.
If I face a problem with some code segment I cannot understand, or encounter a situation where I cannot think of an algorithm to solve the given problem, which section of Tom's do I post my question in?
The closest match looks like "Apps general discussion", but I cannot find a programming and design section.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

We don't really have a programming section. There's been idle talk of it, but we think it'd end up with nothing but homework questions and we don't have enough programming nuts to handle it.

Stack Exchange has the answer to everything.

 

[Lumia925]

Stack Exchange is too judgmental. Experts there mock me for asking "stupid" questions. IMO, stack exchange is not for beginners, it's for experts who're stuck on an expert problem - Tom's is much more friendly, members here are generally respectful to everyone, and both experts and beginners can ask questions without the constant fear of being laughed at..

I had a stack exchange account, but I requested a moderator to remove me from their site after I was publicly humiliated for asking why clrscr(); doesn't work in modern MingW compilers, even when the <conio.h> is included.

Thanks for the answer Someone Somewhere..

 

[McHenryB]

"Apps general discussion" is probably the best place to post your problems. But, beware - if they sound like homework problems then you will get short shrift. By all means ask questions about a particular point that you don't understand. If it's a program that you are trying to write you need to show the relevant code that you have written and explain in what way it is not working.

I think you will find plenty of knowledgeable folk here who are more than happy to give a hand to someone who has put in the effort but is struggling with a particular point or concept.

 

[ssddx]

agreed, there has certainly been talk of a programming section, the latest of which is here http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2787476/tom-site-programming.html

still just idle talk at the moment. agreed, general discussion is probably the best area for now until anything gets implemented (if it gets implemented). i agree with SS that we tend to get more homework questions or people looking for someone to do everything more than anything on such topics.

 

[Lumia925]

I can't ask homework questions, I'm not in a school
I'm 31 years old, and learning C on my own, no one's there to give me a homework. My only "teachers" are two books on C, and you guys

 

[Someone Somewhere]

But if we have a programming forum, it will be full of homework. 90% of the programming-related questions we get posted here are pretty obviously homework.

 

[Pinhedd]

I'm learning the C language.
If I face a problem with some code segment I cannot understand, or encounter a situation where I cannot think of an algorithm to solve the given problem, which section of Tom's do I post my question in?
The closest match looks like "Apps general discussion", but I cannot find a programming and design section.

We don't really have a "Programming" section, although it has been requested so hopefully we'll get one eventually.

However, I'm a C guru (embedded systems engineer). Feel free to PM me any questions that you may have.

 

[Lumia925]

Awesome, thanks Pinhedd