From: Ehud Lamm <mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il>
Subject: Re: Would someone help a struggling ADA student
Date: 1998/10/17
Date: 1998-10-17T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.96-heb-2.07.981017141051.23556F-100000@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 6vatvr$329$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com
On Mon, 5 Oct 1998 dewarr@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
> If indeed this is an algorithms or AI course (the only types of course for
> which an assignment like this would be appropriate), then I see no reason to
> force students to write in a particular language, since in that context,
> language is secondary.
>
I am afraid I don't completly agree. Theoretically you are right, but in
practice things get more complicated. You learn the niches of the
language, and the special advantages (and disadvantages...) it has, only
from really trying to solve problems on your own. I don't think exercises
this complicated should be the norm, but one such exercise per course, is
a "Good Thing"(tm).
This is esp. so when you try to teach people a little SE along the way
(see long thread on this right now). If students are only exposed to small
and simple problems, they may learn the syntax, but not the design
philosophy the language supports best.
One more thing. We all assume that the teacher didn't give enough
background in order to make the exercise managable. This assumption may be
wrong...
Ehud Lamm mslamm@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-10-02 0:00 Would someone help a struggling ADA student Steve
1998-10-05 0:00 ` Do-While Jones
1998-10-05 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-10-06 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-06 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1998-10-07 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1998-10-06 0:00 ` Martin C. Carlisle
1998-10-16 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1998-10-16 0:00 ` Martin C. Carlisle
1998-10-07 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-17 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm [this message]
1998-10-05 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
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1998-10-08 0:00 Steve
1998-10-08 0:00 Steve
1998-10-08 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-18 0:00 Steve
1998-10-18 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
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