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From: greerjo@mail.auburn.edu (John M. Greer)
Subject: Jumping Ahead
Date: 1997/02/19
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Date: 1997-02-19T00:00:00+00:00
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Ok, I'd like your opinion on this before the assignment is due . . .

I'm a Computer Engineering Major in my first Ada course, and we have a 
lab assignment due Thursday that is not complicated, just uses a few 
procedures, etc.  The problem is, I've programmed since HS (using c++, 
only an amateur), but my only advantage is an addiction to "proper 
style."  My dilemma is this:  we have not yet learned to implement 
RECORDs.  To do this program justice, I could:
(1):  Put everything in the program declarations and throw global 
variables across namespace.
(2):  Declare a record, encapsulate with packages, etc.

We didn't learn this in class yet, but I learned it on my own and used 
it.  Now I'm proud of my program, but I'm worried.  Do you think my lab 
instructor will be annoyed that I skipped a few chapters ahead?  (I'm not 
doing this for brownie points, just something I wanted to do.)

Just wondering, my $.02 . . .
	(and interested to see the results of this discussion.  Feel free
to post replies to the newsgroup; I'll see them :-)

John Greer