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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Teaching new tricks to an old dog (C++ -->Ada)
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On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 17:52:36 +0000 (UTC), Martin Dowie wrote:

> ... Joe Bloggs, who taught himself (badly) at home ...

I don't think that he would be the worst possible choice. Look, if somebody
has a desire to be taught (+5 points), and is ready to do it by himself
(+20!), at his spare time at home (+100!). That's far above the average. I
saw much worse cases!

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