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in reply to Re: String Comparison & Equivalence Challenge (plagiarism scanner)
in thread String Comparison & Equivalence Challenge

Perhaps the lingo here is beyond me, but what kind of "challenge" already has a solution? I thought companies like Micro$oft and others actually challenged people to try to hack their software--for money if holes could be found. Was that not a "challenge" because they didn't already know of the holes' existence? And why would they have offered people a reward for finding what they already knew?

Oh, well, as I've said before, I'm not a real programmer. Maybe that's why there's been so many down-votes on this one. I had thought maybe some people just didn't like seeing the Bible texts or something, or that I had posted too much code (trying to be helpful).

Regardless of what one might call this--it seems that most have no good solution, only a few clues and ideas.

As to the "plagiarism"--there was plenty of that in the Bible. There are places where a whole chapter is the same as another part. Sometimes the original writer is mentioned--often not. "Plagiarism" appears to be an unbiblical concept. According to the Bible, all wisdom is from God, and any person taking credit to himself/herself is the one truly "plagiarizing."

Blessings,

~Polyglot~