[Tutor] guess the number game help

[Diana Hawksworth]

Thanks Alan and Max for confirming my worst fears - and for supplying the
necessary link, Max. This kid left at the end of term with no clue - and
came back 2 weeks later with this script.  As his paper work doesn't support
the script, and his in-class understanding doesn't indicate the knowledge
shown by the script - then I guess he gets a zero for this!  Too bad.

Thanks for your help, fellows.  Seems we need some more lessons on
plagiarism and lifting code without due recognition!

Diana

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Gauld" <alan.gauld at freenet.co.uk>
To: "Max Noel" <maxnoel_fr at yahoo.fr>
Cc: "Diana Hawksworth" <dianahawks at optusnet.com.au>; <tutor at python.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] guess the number game help


> > > And if they do understand it and know how to modify it then even
> if
> > > they did copy it they did the assignment and understood the code.
> > > Software reuse is not necessarily an evil to be stifled...
> >
> >
> >      Have a look at the link I posted, Alan. Honestly, at that point
> > it's not "software reuse" anymore. It's straight lifting of code
> (and
> > removing of comments that would identify the original author).
> Worse,
> > lifting of *bad* code that happened to be the first hit returned by
> > Google, which tends to indicate that this particular student,
>
> But that was my point. Lifting bad code and stripping comments
> suggests he/she didn't understand it. So the questioning should
> reveal that. And without going very deep into the depths I suspect.
>
> But if they did take the time to understand how every line worked
> after downloading it then it is indeed a passed assignment - finding
> code and reusing it is a plus. BUT stripping the authors name is is a
> no-no and should be pointed out - it may even be illegal and
> prosecutable.
>
> Alan G.
>
>