Answers to homework questions [WAS]: Re: Python homework

[Rustom Mody]

On Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 3:53:21 PM UTC+5:30, Lorenzo Sutton wrote:
> Hi Roger,
> 
> On 13/12/17 23:31, ROGER GRAYDON CHRISTMAN wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017, Lorenzo Sutton wrote:
> >>
> > On 05/12/17 06:33, nick martinez2 via Python-list wrote:
> >>> I have a question on my homework. 
> [...]
> >> For this kind of problem I think the collections module [1] can be very
> >> useful. In this case in particular have a look at the Counter package ;)
> [...]
> > 
> > A nice answer at face value, and for general questions, but
> > perhaps not the best given the subject line and the first sentence
> > in the OP's note.
>  >
> [...]
> > When I teach my course, I have no desire to have
> > all my students turn into cargo cultists.
> > 
> > At least this particular student did post his intended solution,
> > instead of outright begging for code.  And most of the responses
> > I see did attempt to work within the perceived constraints
> > regarding what language tools the student was expected to use.
> 
> I see your point as a teacher, but after all this *is* a Python mailing 
> list and not a python-homework-support mailing list.
> 
> Plus, the OP had already received various good answers specifically 
> helping them solve the problem along the lines of his proposed code, so 
> I guessed hinting to a standard library module which is interesting and 
> potentially relevant in this case might be useful to both the OP and 
> other people on the ML while enriching the discussion ;-)

Somebody has already pointed out that some setting in Roger Christman's 
mail client(?) breaks discussion threads.
Now either Lorenzo is also breaking threads…
Or else something in Roger's post makes the next person (in this case Lorenzo)
break the thread¿?