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Re: qsort() function misunderstanding

From James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: qsort() function misunderstanding
Date 2015-11-25 11:37 -0500
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Message-ID <5655E3C5.1030808@verizon.net> (permalink)
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On 11/25/2015 09:02 AM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
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> Not everyone learns the same way.  I'm not saying I'm right and you are
> wrong -- without getting to know a student in person I think it's
> impossible to tell what style will suite them -- but your strict "don't
> take another step until you've understood the motivation for the last
> one, the kinetics of your foot swing and the chemical composition of the
> pavement" is not for everyone.  Some people are repeat scanners -- they
> take the same time to absorb a book, but they do it by reading it from
> front to back many times.

If her way of learning was working for her, I wouldn't care how she did
it - she could read the chapters in alphabetical order by chapter title,
for all I care. But her way doesn't appear to be working very well.

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qsort() function misunderstanding Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 01:48 -0800
  Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-24 10:32 +0000
    Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-24 11:08 +0000
      Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-24 12:03 +0000
        Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-24 16:12 +0000
    Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 03:33 -0800
      Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-24 12:05 +0000
        Re: qsort() function misunderstanding glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-24 13:52 +0000
          Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2015-11-24 10:01 -0500
        Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 06:04 -0800
          Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-24 14:16 +0000
      Re: qsort() function misunderstanding James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-24 07:32 -0500
        Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-24 16:43 +0000
          Re: qsort() function misunderstanding glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-25 05:58 +0000
            Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-25 11:34 +0000
              Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-25 12:45 +0000
                Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 02:18 -0800
                Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-26 10:45 +0000
              Re: qsort() function misunderstanding glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-25 14:46 +0000
          Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 00:51 -0800
            Re: qsort() function misunderstanding James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-25 08:12 -0500
              Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-25 14:02 +0000
                Re: qsort() function misunderstanding James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-25 11:37 -0500
                Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-25 17:36 +0000
  Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-24 03:30 -0800
    Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 03:48 -0800
      Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-24 06:29 -0800
    pre/post increments (was Re: qsort() function misunderstanding) Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2015-11-24 09:55 -0500
  Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 06:06 -0800
  Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-11-24 07:33 -0800
  Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-24 09:04 -0800
    Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-24 17:17 +0000
      Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-11-24 10:03 -0800
        Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-11-24 13:31 -0500
          Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-11-24 12:34 -0800
            Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-11-24 16:02 -0500
              Re: qsort() function misunderstanding supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-24 15:18 -0800
                Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 16:15 -0800
                Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-24 23:51 -0800
            Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 01:01 -0800
              Re: qsort() function misunderstanding glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-25 12:53 +0000
                Re: qsort() function misunderstanding supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-25 10:15 -0800
                Re: qsort() function misunderstanding glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-25 23:14 +0000
                Re: qsort() function misunderstanding supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-25 16:33 -0800
                Re: qsort() function misunderstanding glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-26 08:18 +0000
      Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-25 10:41 +1300
        Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-24 22:08 +0000
    Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 00:53 -0800
  Re: qsort() function misunderstanding Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 09:07 -0800

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