Re: Representing Student Activity Score

"Alan" <not.me_at_uhuh.rcn.com> wrote:

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["you"/"your" refers to Neo.]

>answers. In your system, the programmer must know all possible questions
>that will be asked, and all possible relationships among the data- all
>before entering any data. Guess what- requirements change. A lot. Your
>system works well with known sample data under controlled conditions. Try it
>in the real world. Create a printed report requested ad hoc in 5 minutes or
>less. If you can do it, Gene may even forgo the $1000 you owe him (up to
>him, of course).

     Neo does not owe the $1000 to me, but to Hugo Kornelis.

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Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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