I don't intend to submit the answer put up here. This would be ethically
wrong, I want to get ideas (and I did - thanks Chas).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randal L. Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "chris robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: help!
> >>>>> "chris" == chris robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Randal> meta-question: Do we have a policy here of suspecting homework
> Randal> and handling it appropriately (as in, DON'T GIVE THE ANSWER)?
> Randal>
> Randal> Cuz this one smells a lot like something I'd assign as a homework
> Randal> question (it's very artificial). And remember, there's a heckuva
lot
> Randal> of classes in Perl around the world now.
> Randal>
>
> chris> I was only looking for pointers, this is a homework question,
> chris> but the code I submitted was also mine. I dont expect the
> chris> answer!
>
> Ahh, see. So why didn't you say that in the first place?
> I don't think your professor would appreciate you cheating like this.
>
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