Perhaps the key is "ASAP" -- he waited until the last minute, then realized he was in trouble with a deadline. Programming takes time as well as understanding

Perhaps the key is "ASAP" -- he waited until the last minute, then realized he was in trouble with a deadline. Programming takes time as well as understanding and effort. [I always finished my assignments early. I learned not to mention this, because I was beset with demands of the "help me with this" nature, where the people needing help really just needed to do the work. Of course, towards the end of the semester, with a week left and three projects remaining and a /really/ loaded mainframe -- a Univac 1108 in my case -- with turnarond time measured in hours, well, this was beyond pathetic or poignant, it was simple stupidity for them to expect that they could do that much work in so little time.]