Re: What is Your Opinion on Non-code Posters?

I don't care too much about wheter people want some homework done or not. If I can help 'em, I do (not too often, for usually people help me). The code posted is going to help them anyways, for at least they have to copy and paste it and who knows what they might learn from looking at it (albeit even brief). So, I won't yell Homework, don't help (anymore). Not because I don't want to lose XP (been here too long to care about that anymore), but because I still like to see the TIMTOWTDI answers given by others.

In fact, not posting code might even be more gooder™. That way, the answers will not be based on the already given (and perhaps horrible) code and TIMTOWTDI will reign supreme.

To conclude: don't be trigger happy and scream bloody murder when in fact you can also help someone out (even if it's a homework cheat), and learn from the other replies.

--
b10m

All code is usually tested, but rarely trusted.

Comment on Re: What is Your Opinion on Non-code Posters?

Replies are listed 'Best First'.

Re^2: What is Your Opinion on Non-code Posters?
by ww (Archbishop) on Apr 29, 2005 at 14:36 UTC

Trigger-happy? - -

doing a student's homework? also - -

I may be a bit on the sharp side when confronted by a post that seems to me (YMMV) suspicious, because I don't like the encourage the notion that we're here merely to serve as the student's cribsheet/plagiarism source nor that we're "dumb grownups ripe for exploitation" (because giving the immature -- of any age -- support for any notion that others are suitable objects for exploitation merely reinforces the inclination to exploit rather than explore).

solve

help with

That said, castaway's point that there is no rule against helping with homework is not just well-made; it's probably also as it should be. pboin's search for an exercise is a splendid example of 'why?'.

[reply]


Clear questions and runnable code get the best and fastest answer
	PerlMonks