Thanks for the reply Zoma. You reinforced the ideas I already had from reading various things on C. It seems as though learning C will benefit me more than going straight into learning C++. Now, I just need to find a good learning book. I figure, if I do get the book, "The C Programming Langauge," even if it is a little over my head now, it will at least be a good reference and reinforcement learning book later.

Thanks for the advice!