FWIW, I've had something like this (but less bad).

A while ago my dad bought himself a "learn C++ in 24 hours" book. He has 
a Linux machine downstairs, and every now and then he gets as far as 
typing in the "hello world" program and asking me how to invoke GCC to 
compile it. And how to run the resulting binary.

(Admittedly, it's Linux. You have to write "./HelloWorld" and it's 
actually case sensitive...)

I'll never find it now, but there was a Daily WTF article where someone 
asked for a product feature to be added and some manager said "my 
sources tell me it only involves adding 1 button", as if programming is 
only about putting buttons onto a screen or something. (!)

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