(A) Give a perfect answer.
(B) Give a subtly flawed answer.
(C) Give an obfuscated answer.
(D) Give a critique of what the questioner has tried so far.
(E) Give relevant general advice without answering the specific question.
As a general rule, I require any student who comes to me for
Shawn P. Garbett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
For the How do I write a map function in Haskell?, how about an answer of
drop course immediately before your GPA is impacted further.
:-)
Of course, this comes from someone whos made some stupid posts to this list,
and gotten polite answers
it
clear that the answers are out there, but you have to look for them and
puzzle them through yourself.
Dominic
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(A) Give
G'day all.
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 05:50:14PM -0400, Matthew Donadio wrote:
For the first case, I would vote for D and/or E as appropriate. For the
second case, I vote for (F) Ignore.
IMO, based on the result of this poll, we should develop some kind of
short FAQ (e.g. on the wiki) which we
G'day all.
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 11:25:43AM +0200, Ketil Z. Malde wrote:
I suppose C is one way to do F, in particular by providing a working
program so complex and opaque that no first-year could possibly have
written it.
Uhm... yes.
I'm not sure I care much for politesse.
Understood
On Thursday 28 August 2003 04:25 am, Ketil Z. Malde wrote:
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 05:50:14PM -0400, Matthew Donadio wrote:
There is a big difference between I am having some trouble with this
homework problem. This is what I did. Could someone give me some
tips? Thanks and How do I
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 09:42:56AM +1200, Tom Pledger wrote:
I'm curious about what the people on this list consider appropriate,
as responses to homework questions. Even if there isn't a consensus,
it may be interesting to see how opinion is divided.
Please consider the following.
(A)
Hi.
I'm curious about what the people on this list consider appropriate,
as responses to homework questions. Even if there isn't a consensus,
it may be interesting to see how opinion is divided.
Please consider the following.
(A) Give a perfect answer.
(B) Give a subtly flawed answer.
(C) Give
Tom Pledger wrote:
I'm curious about what the people on this list consider appropriate,
as responses to homework questions. Even if there isn't a consensus,
it may be interesting to see how opinion is divided.
Please consider the following.
(A) Give a perfect answer.
(B) Give a subtly
