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Old 12-12-2014
Asking independent-study textbook-style questions
Hello,

I intend to ask doubts about exercises in a book that I'm self-studying. It's not part of a course; it's just independent study.

(EDIT: The book that I'm self-studying is "The Unix Programming Environment", by Kernighan and Ritchie)

I'm aware that the rules for the Homework & Coursework Questions forum states that textbook-style exercises should be asked there, even if they are just part of independent study. However, the rules also state that I'm supposed to cite complete school/city/country/professor/course information, and this is not possible in my case.

Is there a way to post my questions without breaking the forum rules?

Thank you in advance.
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Old 12-12-2014
You could cite the book and the issue.
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Old 12-12-2014
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Originally Posted by blackrageous
You could cite the book and the issue.
Thank you for answering.
The book that I'm self-studying is "The Unix Programming Environment" by Kernighan and Ritchie. (I edited my original post to include it.)
I've already managed to solve the exercises that I found so far. So, as of yet, I don't have any specific doubt in the book. But, anyway, how should I proceed if I decide to ask further doubts from this book? Should I just cite the book in the last item of the template?

Thank you in advance.
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Old 12-14-2014
Yes. That is OK.
 
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