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=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, PLING_QUERY,SUBJ_ALL_CAPS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,53f1f03353d5ae00 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Dale Stanbrough Subject: Re: STUDENTS GO AWAY!!!!!!!?????? Date: 1997/04/27 Message-ID: <5k0jk4$lcv$1@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 237837831 Distribution: world References: <335bdd1b.5485893@news> <01bc52a3$c91b7ce0$28f982c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com> <33625f26.4285511@news> X-XXMessage-ID: Organization: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-04-27T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: mrbunny@mail.zynet.co.uk writes: "I know this is a crude simulation but it does give some "shape" to the problem." At RMIT, we have a local newsgroup devoted entirely to Ada discussions, as well as newsgroups for each subject. These tend to capture 99% of all Ada questions before they get out of the door (We have over 300 students studying programming and SE using Ada, and you don't see too many posts from rmit students on c.l.a.). I think that local newsgroups are a much better way to handle these sort of students requests, as the volume is a lot lower than c.l.a., and the answers are knowingly pitched at the appropriate level for other students to pick up on. Dale