Edward,
Do you realize you have been consuming a large fraction of the
"bandwidth" of this mailing list for your own e-learning of the C
language and of Linux OS, and for expressing your pathos about the
reactions of others?
This list has a lot of short-lived off-topic (or sideways) threads,
which I consider interesting, your's is really long-lived and that may
explain the reactions of others. As someone already told you, you might
better find another list for e-learning the C language.
Didier