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From: clines@delete_this.airmail.net (Kevin Cline)
Subject: Re: STUDENTS GO AWAY!!!!!!!??????
Date: 1997/04/25
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jm59@prism.gatech.edu (John M. Mills) wrote:


>My Net experience has been that posts and responses are a good way to
>get answers to common but confusing questions which plague many beginners
>in areas from programming to sports, and a rather poor place to follow
>reasoned, abstract, academic discussions.
>

And there are many inexpert instructors in the world (probably not so many
teaching Ada as C++ for obvious economic reasons), so  for large numbers of
students c.l.a. is the best place to get authoritative answers to subtle
questions.