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On 10/30/2012 05:47 PM, tom st denis wrote:
> If you're going to ignore what I write why did you reply?

I only ignored the parts that were irrelevant to the point of my reply,
such as the details of how to solve the equations that you didn't
actually specify should be solved. My comments were not about the
techniques for solving such equations, which I'm quite familiar with,
but with your failure to correctly describe an equation in need of solution.

I'm in rough agreement with your assessment of the inappropriateness of
the original question - I just wish you'd taken the trouble to state
your example in a way that actually made sense. However, I do think
you've overreacted. It's possible that he's too lazy to make any attempt
to solve it himself, but it's also possible that he has no clue how to
even get started on it. That could be because he's not competent to
pursue a career in computer programming; but it could also be that he
just hasn't had a couple of key insights yet, that will seem blindingly
obvious in retrospect when he reaches the same point in his career that
you've reached in yours. They might even seem so obvious that he might
not even remember not understanding them, just as you don't remember
being unable to understand them. You don't have enough information to
justify ruling out that possibility.

I used to tutor for a living, and I found that students each have their
own strengths and weaknesses; you can't just say "this is simpler than
that, so anyone who has trouble understanding this could never
understand that". It's just not that simple. For example, in your case,
solving linear equations is simple, but apparently you've not yet
mastered even the very basics of stating a problem that requires the use
of those skill to solve. That requires skill with English at least as
much as it does with mathematics.

> I gave a perfectly good example of using that terminology [static
> matrices].

More accurately, you gave an imperfect example of misusing that terminology.
-- 
James Kuyper

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  Re: A C program tom st denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2012-10-30 06:28 -0700
    Re: A C program Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-10-30 15:42 +0000
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        Re: A C program James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-10-30 12:57 -0400
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                Re: A C program Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-11-04 16:09 -0800
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        Re: A C program Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-10-30 17:42 +0000
          Re: A C program tom st denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2012-10-30 10:49 -0700
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