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From: jxs7451@ritcv.UUCP
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Subject: working programs
Message-ID: <9431@ritcv.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 15:27:20 EST
Article-I.D.: ritcv.9431
Posted: Tue Mar 11 15:27:20 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Mar-86 02:00:59 EST
Reply-To: jxs7451@ritcv.UUCP (jeff)
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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Keywords: ripoff ??

This article has to do with working programs in CS courses.  In my past 
experience with CS courses it seems that alot of u-grads do not get their
programs done correctly.  This, of course is very common, but when the
the grades came back, i have been quite suprised.

For a program that does not compile, and has good style, i have seen people
get 65 %, and with compilation get 75%.  Of course the program turned in
must be reasonably long, and look like it might do something close to what
was assigned.  

To me this doesn't seem right, i mean that the program should be atleast
able to compile, and start to do something.  Obviously many people are
not going to get to all of the special cases, or maybe skip a part, but
students were just going to the lab and typing for 5 hours to get a reasonable
length thing and hand it in with good style, and pass(with a D). 

Any opinions about this out there?

jeff "in sunny downtown Rochester"(or something like that)

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