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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c971df1c3d047387 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-09-06 07:22:49 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-east!supernews.com!news-feed.riddles.org.uk!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!howland.erols.net!news-xfer.netaxs.com.MISMATCH!news-xfer.newsread.com!bad-news.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!POSTED.newshog.newsread.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <39B6546D.FCEA8614@telepath.com> From: Ted Dennison X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; I) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: getpid(), atoi(), time functions in Ada 95 References: <8p4mqi$capp9$1@ID-25716.news.cis.dfn.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 14:19:25 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 38.195.186.125 X-Complaints-To: Abuse Role , We Care X-Trace: newshog.newsread.com 968249965 38.195.186.125 (Wed, 06 Sep 2000 10:19:25 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 10:19:25 EDT Organization: Telepath Systems (telepath.com) Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:524 Date: 2000-09-06T14:19:25+00:00 List-Id: Nick Roberts wrote: > With respect, do questions like this need, perhaps, to carry one of the > following riders? > > - I am not a student. I'd say no. This wasn't a request to do the work for them. It was a requst for information about how to go about doing the work. I'd personally have no problem telling a student that. For instance, if the previous poster who just regurgitated his homework assignment had added "Where would I go to find this information?", I think he would have got a lot fewer snide responses. Instead, he added "Does anyone know how to do this?". To me, that has an implied, "If so, please tell me. Then I can copy your answer verbatim into my homework, turn it in to the teacher, and get an 'A'". -- T.E.D. Home - mailto:dennison@telepath.com WWW - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html