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I don’t want to start a flaming thread, I just want to know the
thoughts of other coders out there on this subject.
How do you really know if a code snippet is yours, I mean
sure the main idea behind it could be, but how do you know
that the code is?
I decided to start this after some recent code I’ve done,
which are key rings. I was browsing for ideas the other
night and found a snippet on Mudmagic.com about
key rings, I read the description using values for key
holders.
I decided that would be a very cool new item to add to the
Mud, so I coded it in and finished testing it. After which I was
asked which snippet I used; I replied with I used Such and
Such for the idea, but I coded it myself.
After looking at the snippet it looks pretty much the same,
other than the way I do my for statements, and int names.
Now for the question, I wouldn’t post the code as a snippet as
there are a lot of them out there, but if I did, how would you
know that I didn’t copy the other snippets?
Could you tell if it was yours? I really don’t want to stir up
many flames, but I feel this might, as perhaps im trying to
say I didn’t take something when I did; Just would like to
know your thoughts on the matter.
Kinni -
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