Re: Plagiarism

From: Paul Brewer <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:13:29 +0100
Message-ID: <3eef9ae9_2@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>

"Sybrand Bakker" <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:rpluevc1ud4jqhbi0f5v22rifh9eandi9n_at_4ax.com...
> On 17 Jun 2003 10:03:33 -0700, rgaffuri_at_cox.net (Ryan Gaffuri) wrote:
>
> >I make sure to take the best stuff when I leave...
> >why wouldnt I?
>
> Because doing so you will never learn how to fish
>

Well, (at the risk of raising ire) in terms of learning, that's a fair point.

But day to day, generally the same problem has been solved before, so I must confess that the first question I ask myself is "Where have I seen this? Can I copy and adapt some old code?".

Usually the old code I copy and adapt is my own, but not always.

Regards,
Paul Received on Tue Jun 17 2003 - 16:13:29 CDT