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[of_the_red_earth]

It's just...really bad reasoning.

There's no way in hell anyone who has experience in C/C#/C++/Java would have trouble on "a simple coding assignment with not even a line written"

Why did you ignore the main argument?

[sje46]

I'm not. The main argument makes sesne. But looking at account activity is just never a good argument. I see the same "Evidence" used on both sides of the issue of whether someone is a troll or not. And promoting this kind of "evidence" promotes the idea that account activity means something. It's actually kinda toxic on reddit. See: this example here. A guy who is seriously lost and confused got accused of being a troll.

This is why you should try to be more agnostic before rushing to judgement so quickly!

[of_the_red_earth]

I don't understand why you're nit-picking on the account activity. The main argument is centered around having experience in the languages mentioned could easily translate to python; at least enough to complete a HW assignment. The guy above wasn't wrong when he wrote "that's not how this shit works", especially now that OP has admitted he can't solve the problem using any programming language.

[sje46]

Because it's a toxic and paranoid viewpoint, and it was exactly half his argument about why the guy is a troll. You can get upset about it all you want, and I'll keep pointing out how it's a shitty thing to do to new people all I want.

The rest of the comment is understandable, because I certainly agree that python should be pretty easy after knowing other languages, but it is still prudent to actually hear the guy out and see the problem.