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: 103376,38fc011071df5a27 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-30 09:02:20 PST From: "Tarjei T. Jensen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <6a90b886.0305262344.1d558079@posting.google.com> <3ED4A94C.2020501@noplace.com> <3ED6A852.75AC0133@adaworks.com> <3ED74ED3.4020505@noplace.com> <3ed75cc3$1@news.wineasy.se> <3ED7779E.930ABCEA@adaworks.com> Subject: Re: Ideas for Ada 200X MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pc1.akermar.com Message-ID: <3ed7807d$1@news.wineasy.se> X-Original-Trace: 30 May 2003 17:02:05 +0100, pc1.akermar.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@songnetworks.se NNTP-Posting-Host: news.wineasy.se X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: news.wineasy.se Date: 30 May 2003 17:02:06 +0100 X-Trace: wineasy!newsfeed.wineasy.se!news.sto.telegate.se 1054310526 news.wineasy.se (30 May 2003 17:02:06 +0100) X-Complaints-To: abuse@songnetworks.se Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!proxad.net!news.teledanmark.no!news.equant.no!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!nsc.no!nextra.com!newsfeed1.wineasy.se.MISMATCH!wineasy!newsfeed.wineasy.se!news.sto.telegate.se!news.wineasy.se!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:38111 Date: 2003-05-30T17:02:06+01:00 List-Id: 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,