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http://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/
http://imranontech.com/2007/01/24/using-fizzbuzz-to-find-dev...
My reading is that the scaffolding isn't the problem, writing that loop and conditional, within the margin of error of what compiler errors / an IDE can tell you to fix, is the problem. So essentially yes, they're staring at a blank sheet of paper.
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http://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/
http://imranontech.com/2007/01/24/using-fizzbuzz-to-find-dev...
My reading is that the scaffolding isn't the problem, writing that loop and conditional, within the margin of error of what compiler errors / an IDE can tell you to fix, is the problem. So essentially yes, they're staring at a blank sheet of paper.