From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fca456da8e6ec463 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-29 05:22:06 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <94s5iq$rdk$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A720BAE.4060204@acm.org> <3A72D99C.D7B062B3@acm.org> <94vnon$kgj$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <952i6j$nv5$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <9534fn$5nt$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Subject: Re: Latin and other irrelevant topics X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: <28ed6.71$1Q4.26810@news.flash.net> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:22:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.215.73.116 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 980774526 216.215.73.116 (Mon, 29 Jan 2001 07:22:06 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 07:22:06 CST Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4649 Date: 2001-01-29T13:22:06+00:00 List-Id: wrote in message news:9534fn$5nt$1@nnrp1.deja.com... : : Which may be decoded to be an allowance to : discuss anything on comp.lang.ada as long as the : thread is popular with an extensive participation? Assuming comp.lang.ada represents a community, and "extensive participation" implies majority consent that the thread is acceptable to them, sounds reasonable to me... : While being under the heading of "Latin and other : irrelevant topics": : People studying computer languages are grown up : people responsible for their own professional : career. Why bother if their question to : comp.lang.ada is a student homework. Just answer : the question and stop worrying about whether that : is the right studying technique for the person. In other words, "Am I my brother's keeper?" Personally, I prefer the alternate view -- that professional engineers (software or otherwise) have some responsibility to encourage good behaviors in those working to become (or remain) professionals. http://computer.org/tab/code11.htm