I tried using Emacs to program in C, but that work out so well and I've tried csh (C Shell) in my terminal but I don't know how to invoke a C program...  

This is the source for the simple program example from the C 2ND Edition programming Guide from Que books:


/*this C program prints a message on the screen */

#include <stdio.h>  

main()
{
     printf("This is my first program \n");

}

So does anyone know how to get C coding to work in a terminal? This is ridiculous! Linux is almost completely written in the language and I can't even practice it! Arghh!

You need to compile the program first, and thus need a compiler.  gcc is a common compiler for Linux, and may or may not be pre-installed; to use it, type:

replacing hello.c with the name of the file containing your code.  (If you have a different compiler, you can use that instead.)
This will create, by default, a file called a.out which you can run by typing

Thank you chridd it worked

I'm quite surprised the book you're following hasn't gone over compilation actually - i'd suggest you find a different guide.

Why won't GCC work with C++ ? Or do I have to find a C++ compiler ? .... :/

This is the C++ code:

#include <iostream.h>

void f(int intparm)
{
  cout << intparm << end1;
}  

int main()  
{  
  long int j =2147483647;  
  f(j+1);
  f(123);
  f('A');
  f(9.99);
  return 0'
}

Which was copied out of the book  but I keep getting this error message:

predict.cpp:1:23: error: iostream.h: No such file or directory
predict.cpp:15:11: warning: missing terminating ' character
predict.cpp:15: error: missing terminating ' character
predict.cpp: In function ‘void f(int)’:
predict.cpp:5: error: ‘cout’ was not declared in this scope
predict.cpp:5: error: ‘end1’ was not declared in this scope
predict.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
predict.cpp:16: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘}’ token

g++ is what you want