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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9127c759a41fcfda X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-04 12:08:42 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!kibo.news.demon.net!demon!peernews!peer.cwci.net!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!newsfep3-gui.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1b) Gecko/20020721 X-Accept-Language: en-gb, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [ot... well kindof] SDI References: <5ee5b646.0208040616.77f0460a@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Inktomi-Trace: pc3-bbrg1-2-cust234.ren.cable.ntl.com 1028488121 8453 80.5.140.234 (4 Aug 2002 19:08:41 GMT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 20:08:00 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.3.128.4 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: newsfep3-gui.server.ntli.net 1028488121 80.3.128.4 (Sun, 04 Aug 2002 20:08:41 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 20:08:41 BST Organization: ntl News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27672 Date: 2002-08-04T20:08:00+01:00 List-Id: tmoran@acm.org wrote: > Of course, students should normally find a teacher a better > source of answers than a newsgroup (although apparently not in the > OP's situation), and putting something like "[newbie Q]" in the > subject line is helpful to all concerned, and if there's enough > demand, there should be a separate "simple Ada questions" > newsgroup. Some of the questions relate to software design in Ada, some relate to language (Ada) features and others to design quality, testing. These are some of the questions from the papers:- - "Ada 95 provides exceptions, packages and generics. Briefly explain why these language features are important in SE". - "what is meant by reliability, in the context of SE?" - "... Make a list of testing goals for functional testing of this subprogram. Then choose a set of test cases making sure these test cases cover all of your testing goals" - "the following procedures use result codes: ... Modify the procedures to use exceptions instead, ensuring that the effect is the same." Where would be a better place to seek criticism of my answers to questions like this? Chris -- to reply change 'spamoff' to 'chris'