Homework & the net (was Roots of polynomials)

[H. David Bonnett]

In article <4529 at idunno.Princeton.EDU>, subbarao at phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao) writes:
 About homework on the net...

|> Anyway -- what does everyone else think about this? I've seen both sorts of
|> attitudes on the subject. What do you guys think comp.lang.c should do?

Since you asked for opinions; I will offer mine.

I feel the same way about homework that I feel about questions that can
be answered by a quick (maybe not-so-quick) perusal of a manual.  

**DO YOUR OWN WORK: DO NOT EXPECT A FREE RIDE HERE***

There, now I feel better... Honestly, I try to only post questions here
when there does not appear to be any answer available in the docs or from
the several gurus kicking around here. If you are given a problem to solve
in a class, even if it is merely a proof-of-concept; do it yourself. I can
guarantee that it will make far more sense than if you cut-n-paste code from
the net (or a book).

People like Chris Torek, Doug Gwyn, and many others are far too busy to
provide handholding or pointer to man pages.  They learned their C from 
doing it, so should others.

Take this point of view or throw it away, I really don't care, it is
merely an opinion....

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