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,a31acccf6053ab1b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-25 04:30:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Array problem Date: 25 May 2002 04:30:04 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <5ee5b646.0205250330.29e44b0f@posting.google.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.244 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1022326204 16784 127.0.0.1 (25 May 2002 11:30:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 May 2002 11:30:04 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24749 Date: 2002-05-25T11:30:04+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote in message news:... I see a lot of posts recently where people are in my opinion harming students by doing their homework for them. You would be surprised how many students manage to do their assignments by the following algorithm. {Write some rubbish approximation to the right code} while not ready to hand in yet do Ask someone for their help Get back improved code, and some helpful discussion Ignore the helpful discussion Replace old code with new improved code end loop; And the result is that students can complete assignments knowing nothing at all about what they are doing. The important learning experience of an assignment comes from tackling problems yourself. So I would urge those in CLA who want to be helpful to stick to helpful discussions, and NOT to provide improved code or too detailed an analysis of what the problem is.