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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7f52bfcaf2a6d0b8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-24 09:00:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.vt.edu!msunews!not-for-mail From: "Chad R. Meiners" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Designing Packages and programs for a newbie. Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:57:27 -0500 Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: References: <3DDEDC0F.60903@acm.org> Reply-To: "Chad R. Meiners" NNTP-Posting-Host: arctic.cse.msu.edu X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31197 Date: 2002-11-24T11:57:27-05:00 List-Id: "Jeffrey Carter" wrote in message news:3DDEDC0F.60903@acm.org... > My experience indicates that creating useful abstractions is a skill > that cannot be taught or learned. In addition, it's a fairly rare skill. You realize that you are suggesting that only a few people are BORN with the ability to make useful abstractions AND that the skill is inherent in these people when you state the skill cannot be taught or learned. -CRM