in reply to Plagiarism??

...he took some of the program from open source code...

Some? It appears that your student couldn't be bothered enough to even rename the variables.

On the other hand, your student has shown great discipline in regards to the motto "Don't reinvent the wheel". Although he should have given credit to the source.

-Nitrox

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Re: Re: Plagiarism??
by CountZero (Bishop) on Feb 13, 2003 at 14:17 UTC

    Although he should have given credit to the source.

    That of course is the essence of plagiarism.

    CountZero

    "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law

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