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From: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)
Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada?
Date: 1997/05/17
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Date: 1997-05-17T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <rayEA5A7D.932@netcom.com> ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer) writes:

  > Developing a program with a really crappy user interface and then
  > telling the user that they should have read the manual when the
  > inevitable problems arise is a less than compelling excuse.

     What makes this a crappy user interface?  The requirements may
have specified that new submission erased old ones.  This would allow
a student to submit the current version and do additional checking
during the subway ride home.  If he finds something to fix, the
earlier submission is ignored, otherwise he doesn't have to return to
the lab the next day.

     I've even given take-home tests in this format, although there is
it unusual for a student to use the option.  However, I once had a
student who handed in the test, then entered the hospital for
gallstone removal.  I suspect that the second paper--the other was
returned unopened--was much better.

--

					Robert I. Eachus

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