Re: urgent question - generics

[shoshanister@gmail.com]

On Sep 3, 4:01 pm, a...@anon.org (anon) wrote:
> In <1188819393.588005.23...@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>,  shoshanis...@gmail.com writes:
>
> >Hi, First, I'm a female.
>
>   Sorry about calling you a guy, it is an easy mistake to make on the net.
>
> >Please don't post any more answers or such.
>
>   If you look here I will always answer a question with code if
>   possible! Its just the way I am.  I even jump of people here for not
>   posting code.  Because in a test my code or anyone else code is
>   not going to help, unless you understand it! And the only way is to
>   see the code.
>
> >I understand according to what you wrote that I probably did not fully
> >understand the generics mechanism. In this case, even if you will
> >answer my question, it will not help me because my exam starts in an
> >hour.
> >I posted the question here, after trying to figure things out by my
> >self, and I had no intention to insult any one of you or to take
> >advantage of you.
>
>  No insult or advantage of taken!
>
> >In a way, I'm not worried of not passing the exam. The worse thing
> >that can happen is that I will take the course again, and gain my
> >knowledge from the teacher as well as from the books, because studying
> >ADA by your self is not simple.
>
>   Actually, installing a free GNAT Ada version and starting to program
>   is the BEST way to learn.  Teachers only have time to give you an
>   brief understand of any language. In the US that less than 45 hours
>   spanning 15 weeks. Outside programming is the only way to gain a
>   deeper understanding. And asking question with an expectation of an
>   answer is the second best way to gain a direction for that deeper
>   understand.
>
>   Plus, in my many years experience if a person just say read a section
>   or chapter than they also do not understand the problem or the
>   language. Even my professor would not do that, they would give an
>   example (like I did) and then assign someone an extra assignment that
>   would include the example as a small part of the whole project.
>
>   The only thing was their projects, either homework or extra
>   assignments were too simple for me, (bored me to death).  I actually
>   had to expand them to make the worth my time.  My Ada professor
>   use most of my work in Ada to teach his other classes at two
>   universities and wrote a number of text books using my classwork
>   that were used in both Europe and US universities.
>
>   What I did for my first Ada assignment after modifying it, was
>   rated at doctoral level programming. I even had to have permission
>   from 3 universities and their computer systems to fully execute the
>   assignment.
>
> >Thanks a lot for your help.
> >I hope that some day I will be able to join this group as an equal
> >member and not just a student.
>
>   I kind of believe that 50+ % of this group is students.

Hi, Thanks for your kind response.
I just came back from the exam. It was not very difficult but I can't
say it was easy. I don't believe I passed, but it's ok. I don't mind
attending the course again, Ada is a nice and very powerful language,
and I wouldn't mind getting to know it better.
I'm going to get some rest now. Thanks :)