After setting up the compiler, Xue Rui began his review, following the table of contents.
Arrays, variables, operators…
"Hm, this is pretty simple," Xue Rui nodded.
As a starter language, C has almost no downsides.
He planned to skim through it quickly and then start learning Java, since that was where the money was.
But when he got to C pointers, Xue Rui started to feel drowsy.
He tried to dredge up his knowledge from college.
But… he found his mind completely blank, as if it had been scrubbed clean.
'The folds of my brain feel like they've been polished smooth. Knowledge can't even get a foothold in here.'
'I was a university student, for crying out loud! The kind who could complete his final project all on his own…'
The truth was, Xue Rui had only managed that by cramming right before graduation. It was all short-term memory, and by now, he'd forgotten nearly all of it.
Staring at the familiar yet foreign textbook, Xue Rui's eyelids grew heavier and heavier.
