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=1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7ecb950fc3673a68 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Ken Garlington" Subject: Re: Ada Query... Date: 2000/03/27 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 602987193 References: <8bkv48$dcm$1@uranium.btinternet.com> <1523f737.24269b2c@usw-ex0102-015.remarq.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 954171931 209.250.225.153 (Mon, 27 Mar 2000 09:45:31 CST) Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 09:45:31 CST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-03-27T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: "phodgpacker" wrote in message news:1523f737.24269b2c@usw-ex0102-015.remarq.com... > Wow, notice that all of the people went out of their way to NOT > answer your question, and to point out how you are, in their > opinions, a bozo. I don't think I used the term "bozo" or any equivalent in my posts. (Perhaps I'm not a person?) When questions of this type are asked, it's often from a student learning the language. When the answer is readily available from the standard texts, it can be argued that it is better to give the student at most a hint, rather than just answering the question directly. This encourages the student to learn how to use the reference material, rather than just getting the answer without any effort. In the long run, the former is more beneficial to the student. > Let just say to all that replied to Matt's post, you are dicks. Doesn't your message qualify as a reply to Matt's post? :)