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From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: Implementing a multitasking OS on top of UNIX
Message-ID: <1991May10.222920.11199@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 10 May 91 22:29:20 GMT
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jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) writes:

>I'm torn between saying your should be flunked for asking the
>net, which I think is cheating, or given an A for asking the
>net, which is what real people do when stumped ...

Shouldn't all tests be "open book"?  Real life is that way, and in fact
people are encouraged (or should be) in ALL fields to be able to look up
information rather than simply memorize it.  There is way to much to
learn it all, so we all need the skill of knowing how to find what we
need.  The net is quite often a pretty good way, but I would not suggest
depending on it.

I'd flunk him for doing something like asking the net for CODE (or FTPing
it from somewhere).  Asking for help in understanding something is no
different than asking a tutor (we who answer become the tutors).
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