Originally Posted by
Adak
You have no idea what the OP has been exposed to in their programming education. You have no idea what environment he had, at that time. You have no idea what his educational foundation is, or it's history. You have no idea of what he did last week, will do today, or will do in the future, in programming.
You don't know. You don't have any idea of these facts. Your pontifications can not be made true, no matter how elegantly you rationalize them. You have no facts in this case, to base them upon.
Is that why so many programming books have answers to their problems or exercises, included in the book?
If a New Caledonian Crow can learn to use a tool by example, I am supremely confident that our forum members, can learn by example, as well.