From: Ehud Lamm <mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il>
Subject: Re: Would someone help a struggling ADA student
Date: 1998/10/18
Date: 1998-10-18T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.96-heb-2.07.981018180727.42526A-100000@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 70bnbs$aqq$1@news.campus.mci.net
On 18 Oct 1998, Steve wrote:
> Ehud Lamm <mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il> writes: > On Mon, 5 Oct 1998 dewarr@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> >
> > >
> > 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).
> >
> The teacher has indeed given us enough background to make the exercise
> managable. In each class he answers our questions and we now have all
> written programs to satisfy his requirements for a grade; that requirement
> being a program that will play battleship. It is up to us to refine our
> battleship games to win the tourney (and he still gives us hints with our
> code). Our grade is based on the outcome of the tourney. We will play
> his program as well but only to see how we stand against a "pro".
Oh. I get it now.
Well, if this is the case, I'd say I like the exercise, but I would hate
such a grading system. This is of course assuming the course is aboyut ADA
and not about "problem solving".
But the discussion did give me an idea of starting a cretive programming
problem-solving list. Are does one exist already?
Ehud Lamm mslamm@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
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1998-10-18 0:00 Would someone help a struggling ADA student Steve
1998-10-18 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm [this message]
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1998-10-08 0:00 Steve
1998-10-08 0:00 Steve
1998-10-08 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-02 0:00 Steve
1998-10-05 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
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
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