Different Ways to Divide a Task

You might question that answer. You might say that the major tasks are:

1. Take-off from Hartford.
2. Normal flight to Newark.
3. Landing at Newark.
4. Take-off from Newark.
5. Normal flight from Newark to Miami.
6. Landing at Miami.

Both answers are correct. The second answer shows details of the first answer:

1. Fly from Hartford to Newark.
   1. Take-off from Hartford.
   2. Normal flight to Newark.
   3. Landing at Newark.
2. Fly from Newark to Miami
   1. Take-off from Newark.
   2. Normal flight from Newark to Miami.
   3. Landing at Miami.

Dividing a task into smaller tasks, and then dividing those tasks into yet smaller tasks is the essential programming skill. Eventually, even the largest task can be divided into pieces so small that individual statements of a program can perform them.