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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk (Lawrence Kirby) Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada? Date: 1997/05/13 Message-ID: <863520921snz@genesis.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 241281643 References: <5ih6i9$oct$1@waldorf.csc.calpoly.edu> <5l5qhj$l6a@mtinsc05.worldnet.att.net> <5l8j55$8hk@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> X-Mail2News-User: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk X-Mail2News-Path: genesis.demon.co.uk Organization: none Reply-To: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-05-13T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <5l8j55$8hk@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> kaz@vision.crest.nt.com "Kaz Kylheku" writes: >In article <5l8gf8$2jp@mtinsc05.worldnet.att.net>, >Craig Franck wrote: > >>Yes, but the CS professor is teaching *CS* students, not simple end >>users of software. They were given a tool and they should be able to >>learn how to use it; on their own, no hand holding. Learning to read > >Moreover, a good CS student would ask the question ``Is this electronic hand-in >service idempotent? What are its precise semantics?'' before attempting to >invoke it more than once. I would forgive a CS strudent just starting the course for not thinking that! :-) -- ----------------------------------------- Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com -----------------------------------------