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If what "some" might say about what the author intends is irrelevant, then what you say about what the author intends is also irrelevant, because you are just s
by Thorrez 7y ago
If what "some" might say about what the author intends is irrelevant, then what you say about what the author intends is also irrelevant, because you are just some person (unless you're the author). My point was why should I trust your interpretation of what the author intends more than anyone else's.
>"So you think you know C?"
That goes along with the interpretation that the point is to illustrate C is confusing. It would go along with something like "You think you know it, you think it's simple, well actually you don't know it, it's confusing."
>intended identify to test takers whether or not they really understand the intricacies of C, and to think critically about that source of their knowledge
Yes, its intent is to indicate to test takers that a lot of them don't really understand the intricacies of C, which demonstrates that C is more confusing than they originally thought.
>Never once does the author mention that C is confusing, use the word confusing, or otherwise indicate that general idea.
Here are some quotes that indicate the idea that C is confusing:
>C is not that simple.
>It’s only reasonable that the type of short int and an expression with the largest integer being short int would be the same. But the reasonable doesn’t mean right for C.
>Actually, it’s much more complicated than that. Take a peek at the standard, you’ll enjoy it.
>The third one is all about dark corners.
>The test is clearly provocative and may even be a little offensive.
Then the author says that he did C for 15 years and thought he knew it, but then realized he didn't. That indicates to me either that the author is saying that he's not smart, or that C is confusing. The second appears to be the point the author is actually making.
- ineedasername 7y agoMy interpretation is based directly on what the author states. Your "some" is based on a vague aggregate group whose interpretations, in aggregate, would be diverse and often contradictory and mutually exclusive. Personally, I trust the explicit an implied interpretation of the author's direct statements than you mere speculation as to what others might interpret.
- Thorrez 7y agoIf you don't like "some" then replace it with me. I interpret it as the author saying C is confusing. My interpretation is also based on what the author states, fairly explicitly. And I don't think there's anything that explicitly contradicts my interpretation.
- ineedasername 7y agoYou say it's confusing because the author says it's not simple. The same might be said of any language. Or of any learning specialty at all. It's not synonymous with confusing. You're severely stretching the meaning of the author's words when you say the author's point was to say that C is confusing. It's what you infer because you were confused, which points to this being personal to you, not the general intent of the author.