Yes, but it rather depends whether you want to get the programs written
or sit down and learn the ins and outs of 'C'.
Most text-books do it the hard way but there's a short easy course:
http://www.gwnt00030.pwp.blueyonder....e/c-course.htm
That gets you there all on grassy slopes with no hills!
You don't need to know about the oddities of the French subjunctive to speak good french!
Georges