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"Bill Cunningham" wrote:

>    Try working with not well documented functions. Or ones that are new to 
> you in some cases. A non standard C function getaddrinfo() gave me fits 
> when I first started working with it. And a lot of it was not fully 
> understanding not so much C syntax as what to do with the function.

Of course the documentation is very often bad, I think we all agree on that.

But you have two problems that precedes that problem.  You refuse to follow 
a structured, reasonable approach to learning the fundamentals. You refuse 
to buy a book appropriate to your mind set and background.  Your are like 
someone trying to learn Finnish and your method is to do so by writing the 
great Finnish novel.  It Doesn't Work That Way!

It is as though you had a combination lock you were trying to open.  You 
keep trying to guess the combination.  Meanwhile, there is this great book 
on lock picking setting on the table.  Open the damn book and start reading. 
The author's name is King.

http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Modern-Approach-2nd-Edition/dp/0393979504

You can even get an old edition for 97 cents plus postage "and stuff", less 
than $5 total.
Search "k n king" amazon.

PS. Yes, I know lock picking is kind of incompatible with a combination 
lock. 

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memset "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-14 20:32 -0400
  Re: memset "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-14 20:40 -0400
    Re: memset glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-04-15 02:11 +0000
      Re: memset "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-14 22:22 -0400
      Re: memset Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-04-15 21:07 +0100
  Re: memset Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2014-04-14 21:48 -0700
    Re: memset "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-15 09:28 -0400
      Re: memset David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-04-15 16:07 +0200
        Re: memset "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-15 21:03 -0400
          Re: memset "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-15 21:06 -0400
          Re: memset glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-04-16 01:25 +0000
            Re: memset "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-15 21:36 -0400
  Re: memset Michael Angelo Ravera <maravera@prodigy.net> - 2014-04-18 13:50 -0700
    Re: memset Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-18 21:04 +0000
    Re: memset "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-20 09:16 -0400
      Re: memset Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com> - 2014-04-20 14:35 +0100
        Re: memset Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-20 14:10 +0000
          Re: memset gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-04-21 05:17 +0000
        Re: memset gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2014-04-20 15:11 +0000
          Re: memset "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-22 14:20 -0400
            Re: memset "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2014-04-22 14:22 -0500
              Re: memset "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-22 17:33 -0400
              Re: memset Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2014-04-25 12:12 +0000
          Re: memset Michael Angelo Ravera <maravera@prodigy.net> - 2014-04-22 15:23 -0700
            Re: memset James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-04-23 11:39 -0400
              Re: memset "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-24 21:19 -0400

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