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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a7e715f4b0d51477 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-06 11:27:25 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.bu.edu!heiser From: heiser@bu.edu (Bill Heiser) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Using procedures Date: 6 Dec 1994 18:59:32 GMT Organization: Boston University Message-ID: <3c2cak$4lh@news.bu.edu> References: <2EE38942@SMTPGATE2.STRATCOM.AF.MIL> NNTP-Posting-Host: acs3.bu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Date: 1994-12-06T18:59:32+00:00 List-Id: Bennett, Chip (KTR) ~U (BennettC@J64.STRATCOM.AF.MIL) wrote: : Bill, your question shows you either haven't read the book, or you're not : listening in class, so I'll be brief and leave "the proof as an exercise" Neither of your accusations is correct. I spent nearly an entire day poring over the textbook, and did not find a reference to using multiple procedures together. There was lots of talk about individual procedures, but nothing concerning this particular situation. : But this brings up a bigger point that is the real reason I bother to post : this. I want to promote Ada, but I question whether doing a students : homework is going too far. Comments? I didn't notice anyone asking anyone to "do a student's homework". Did you? Sorry if you interpreted the question that way. I see nothing wrong with going to the net asking for help on how to approach a problem. There's no difference between doing that and going to a fellow student or the professor. The only difference is that I see the professor for 3 hours per week, whereas the net is here 24x7. Furthermore the whole point to homework is to help the student learn the material. It's not an exam! -- Bill Heiser heiser@acs.bu.edu, heiser@world.std.com Boston University, Boston MA