Question about text in Python

Ben Finney bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au
Tue Apr 3 07:48:18 EDT 2007


Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVEME.cybersource.com.au> writes:

> On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:26:47 +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
>
> > "Steve" <steve1791 at REMOVETHISNOWgmail.com> writes:
> > 
> >> Yes it is [a homework question].
> >>
> >> Where else to ask for help but here.
> > 
> > That's between you, your teacher, and your teaching institute's
> > plagiarism guidelines.
>
> Plagiarism is a serious example of fraud, which is not only a crime
> but is unethical as well. You don't need to be a student or an
> academic to commit plagiarism. Anybody can commit plagiarism.
>
> If we applied the plagiarism guidelines that university students
> labour under to the rest of us, perhaps we'd be a little less quick
> to toss accusations of plagiarism around so easily.

I agree with the severity of such an accusation, which is why I didn't
make it in this case.

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