Re: Ideas for Ada 200X

["Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@akerkvaerner.com>]

Richard Riehle wrote:
> Even in academia, a professor is too often dependent on outside funding
for
> support.   Also, students are not so compliant unless the work they are
doing
> is related to a pre-stated  reward.   Such rewards are more difficult to
> confer unless they are related to either an on-going class or funded
research.

I'm not convinced that this is neccessarily Ph.D. stuff. Exploring might
just as well be done on the B.Sc. level. Especially if the person who owns
the project has a good understanding of what is needed and is willing to
help out on interface issues.

E.g. a basic buffered streams I/O package will probably not need rocket
science if the project owner is willing to provide advice. The stuff on top
such a package -- like how to render numbers efficiently is of course a more
advanced topic.

In my opinion, once such a system has been created and the interfaces
defined, it is easy to develop it further and make the implementation more
effective.

If one assumes that there is several projects and that they depend on each
other, the students should get valuable experience in project work. At
least, the process should be quite interesting.

greetings,