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-Thread: 103376,9901a52b5f698b34 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.scarlet.biz!news.scarlet.biz.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:34:17 -0500 From: Ludovic Brenta Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: String Problem References: <1126042135.302735.294240@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:34:36 +0200 Message-ID: <87zmqopno3.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:sBst+fuxOWLmgfsiz5jnH/ocOlk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.134.242.233 X-Trace: sv3-dh6HIs6mB8E0KNCKQWpvmcmQL8AXkuTETHQaqPppS9gpyY6guLq/OFfdDpH3RQMKTRmBKOb77ySroRo!oaKI6MslaIP8TSskoSOfsizomUykqUCf3Y4yfpLMhwj7ideRL3LI+9cTwBGr4B5X4BX0qSdTO08= X-Complaints-To: abuse@scarlet.be X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@scarlet.biz X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4511 Date: 2005-09-07T23:34:36+02:00 List-Id: "Tapio Marjomäki" writes: > Ada is a superb programming language, you say, and there ought to be > lots of expertize in this news group. > > But every time when a newbie presents "a simple question", nobody is > willing to (or capable of) answering with a couple briljant Ada > source lines spiced with variations and finesses ... > > Decent answers would encourage the newbie to study Ada more. This newsgroup is like any other language or computer science newsgroup. We do not do students' homework for them. A newbie who is unwilling to learn will only get the kind of answers above. A newbie who shows interest will receive very detailed answers. So, to all students: if you cannot be bothered to learn, I cannot be bothered to help you. If on the other hand, you are genuinely interested in learning, I will go out of my way to help you. This is the general attitude here, not just mine. -- Ludovic Brenta.