On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 11:44:16AM +1000, John Ferlito wrote:
> On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 09:49:28AM +1000, David wrote:
> > the biggest problem with learning on your own is having no one to bounce
> > problems off. You can look at something for a week and not see the answer,
.....
> > The biggest problem I have with all computer issues, be they sysadmin or
> > coding or whatever, is being on my own. Maybe others are different?
>
> MIT's solution to the problem was the following. Every computer
> Lab had a teddy bear sitting in one corner (substitue with
> penguins/daemons) where apropriate. If you were a student in the class
> and had a problem you had to go an explain it verbally to the teddy bear
> first, only then could you ask the tutor :)
Now thats a great idea!
One takes the source for the Eliza program, rewrite it as a daemon that
looks at your code as you write it (a bit like a paperclip). It makes
suggestions by simply reading in what you write, rearranging it according to
some simple C grammar rules and spits out something similar, prefaced with:
"What about trying this sugestion?
OK you know code it will produce will be crap but its just a teddy bear :-)
--
Q: Why do WASPs play golf ? A: So they can dress like pimps.
Michael Lake, University of Technology, Sydney
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 02 9514 1724 Fx: 02 9514 1628
Linux enthusiast, active caver and interested in anything technical.
***************************************
--
SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/
More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
