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Originally Posted by Incognitas
Whom is this going to hurt if he starts and gives up?He has already had several people told him the pitfalls and if he still hasn't comprehended the ENORMITY of it then the process of finding out how big it is will be the first and possibly last mistake/failure he makes.Do you know how many teenagers just couldn't be bothered to even try?There is now among young people a real phobia of failure.They won't try anything for fear of failing which is stupid as it is a way of learning.
Anyway as a teacher I expect people to fail from time to time,they can't get things right every time.
I wonder where the present computer software would have come from if it hadn't been for the young pioneers of software who were probably told what they wanted to do wasn't possible.
Anyway it's up to WNA what he's going to do.Maybe he will heed your warnings maybe he won't but he alone will decide.
Incog.
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It's not going to hurt anyone, but obviously he's trying to get something meaningful out of it, quite why you're being so argumentative about it is a mystery to me, we've offered him advice that'll further his knowledge as opposed to him jumping in at the (very) deep end and learning nothing other than, well, to take OUR advice as opposed to yours.