> "how anything beyond the particular language we're learning works. " and > "if you asked what the length of the pointer they just properly used was all you

> "how anything beyond the particular language we're learning works. " and > "if you asked what the length of the pointer they just properly used was all you would get is blank stares" So what is it? It's a computer science program, not learn a dozen language's quirks and implementation detail that you use for a single class to understand some concept.