By Abhiram — An Introduction To Programming Through C--

He got an A.

No one knew who Abhiram was. The library catalog listed him as "A. Ram, Dept. of Comp. Sci., 1997." No photo, no email, no Wikipedia page. Just the book. An Introduction To Programming Through C-- By Abhiram

"Forget syntax. Syntax is the wallpaper. Let me show you where the doors are." He got an A

That night, he returned to the library to thank the book—to find Abhiram, to shake his hand, to tell him he understood. But the shelf was different. The beige book was gone. In its place was a single, typed note on cardstock: "You have seen what you needed to see. Now write your own book. — A." Leo stood there for a long time. Then he walked to the computer lab, opened a blank text file, and typed: Ram, Dept