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From: Pawel Kobylarz <kobylarz@wbkst21.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de>
Subject: Re: Can I have an array of variant records?
Date: 1999/04/23
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Robert Dewar wrote:

> In article <7fks8u$8k1$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
>   dennison@telepath.com wrote:
>
> <<helpful message snipped>>
>
> I don't know if those other two students are reading
> this thread, probably not, but this thread is a good
> example of how things are supposed to work. Likely this
> is also an assignment, and if not, it certainly could be,
> but the question was a well focussed one of "how do I
> accomplish this" asked in a way that showed the person
> asking the question had worked to find the answer, but,
> not suprisingly (this default discriminant deal is a bit
> puzzling) had got confused. The response was a thread
> explaining not only HOW to do what the student wanted,
> but also an explanation of WHY things are that way.
>
> Doing assignments is about learning, and providing just
> the right level of help to assist in the learning, rather
> than short-circuiting it, is sometimes a delicate line :-)
>
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I have just read the answer of Josh Highley to the letter above.
For me this is also not an assignment. I am a skilled programmer,
I completed the MSc courses and am about to get my diploma,
but I am a beginner on ADA field.
I do not have contact with other ADA programmers and often
it takes me hours to overpass simple problem.

I am happy with the help obtained, but I am a little ambarassed
to be concerned as a next lazy student hurrying to do
something at the end of semester :-)

Well, generally for students it is easier to ask other fellows than
to send questions to the discussion list, and IMHO most of the
people writing to this list just don't have anyone around to
ask.
So, maybe you are too suspicious.

Anyway, you are right - a little comment on WHY is also
helpful. Thanks.

Pawel Kobylarz