From: seebs@... (Peter Seebach) Date: 2007-07-14T11:00:54+09:00 Subject: Re: I need serious help! In message , Joe Wiltrout writes: >How the hell is Hello World going to help me make a game? How does learning to build a simple stool help someone build a house? You learn *skills*. The skills allow you to understand how things work better and give you a broader range of things you can combine to make the thing you ultimately want. >I'm not even making something say it. I am typing all sorts of texts, >just to make the computer re-type Hello World. All these tutorials and >your useless advice is getting me nowhere. Because I don't understand >this stuff. I asked for help, not lectures about Learn To Program! Well, consider for a moment the possibility that we think that lectures about how to "learn to program" are, in fact, helpful to you. I can just see you with Mapquest. "I'm sick of this crap about city streets. I want to get from my house to Detroit, and I want to do it ALL on the freeway. None of this "entrance ramp" crap!" Can you drive? Did you start out on the freeway? -s