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You like definitions? Here is one for you. "A programming library is like a toolkit. It contains useful programming things to do different tasks just like a toolkit contains tools to do different tasks. The difference is that in a library, the contents are bunches of code items where as a toolkit contains hammers, screwdrivers, and wrenches. A carpenter or mechanic uses the toolkit by taking out what is needed for the next task. A programmer uses the library by copying the code segment that is needed for the next task. If a carpenter buys a new tool, it can be added to the tool kit. If a programmer gets a new code segment, it can also be added to the library. Mechanics and carpenters have their specific tools which may differ from each other because they do somewhat different things, just as specialist programmers may have different libraries since what they do ALSO differs from one specialty to the next. Therefore, just as there can be different kinds of toolkits, there can be different kinds of libraries."
There, did I lose you, Adam, or did I shoot too high? SOME of us were once educators and remember how to make decent definitions and analogies for folks who might be new to the craft. Did I just explain libraries well enough for your standards?
All that crap when you listed various libraries is just obfuscation to hide the fact that you couldn't give a decent functional description of a library. You didn't shoot very low in your definition either. Your ploy seems to be to dump huge volumes of stuff you look up to make it look like you knew what we meant, but your adjacent commentary to that dump usually reveals the truth.
There, did I lose you, Adam, or did I shoot too high? SOME of us were once educators and remember how to make decent definitions and analogies for folks who might be new to the craft. Did I just explain libraries well enough for your standards?
All that crap when you listed various libraries is just obfuscation to hide the fact that you couldn't give a decent functional description of a library. You didn't shoot very low in your definition either. Your ploy seems to be to dump huge volumes of stuff you look up to make it look like you knew what we meant, but your adjacent commentary to that dump usually reveals the truth.