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Re: A question about a programming class

From Sherm Pendley <sherm.pendley@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.programming
Subject Re: A question about a programming class
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Date 2011-05-09 08:01 -0400
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Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> writes:

> On May 8, 10:49 am, rossum <rossu...@coldmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Part of the skill of programming is a nit-picking attention to detail.
>> The Professor is right.  With misplaced semicolons your program will
>> either not compile or, much worse, will compile but not do what you
>> want it to.
>>
> Is there some kind of trick to this when your given like a 60 minute
> time limit to complete the exam?

Yes - it's called "studying and doing your homework."

sherm--

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A question about a programming class Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 18:57 -0700
  Re: A question about a programming class Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 19:01 -0700
    Re: A question about a programming class rossum <rossum48@coldmail.com> - 2011-05-08 18:49 +0100
      Re: A question about a programming class Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-05-08 13:25 -0700
        Re: A question about a programming class Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap@arumes.com> - 2011-05-08 23:04 +0200
        Re: A question about a programming class Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-09 10:28 +1200
          Re: A question about a programming class Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-05-08 16:56 -0700
          Re: A question about a programming class rossum <rossum48@coldmail.com> - 2011-05-09 13:09 +0100
        Re: A question about a programming class Sherm Pendley <sherm.pendley@gmail.com> - 2011-05-09 08:01 -0400
      Re: A question about a programming class Pavel Lepin <p.lepin@dyninno.com> - 2011-05-09 12:17 +0300
        Re: A question about a programming class Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-10 12:50 +0100
          Re: A question about a programming class pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-05-10 09:32 -0400
            Re: A question about a programming class Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-05-10 10:14 -0700
          Re: A question about a programming class Pavel Lepin <p.lepin@dyninno.com> - 2011-05-10 18:05 +0300
    Re: A question about a programming class Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-05-09 16:34 -0700
  Re: A question about a programming class Sherm Pendley <sherm.pendley@gmail.com> - 2011-05-09 08:00 -0400
    Re: A question about a programming class Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-05-09 10:21 -0700

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