Path: utzoo!attcan!hjespers From: hjespers@attcan.UUCP (Hans Jespersen) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: looking for cheating detectors Summary: cheating detectors from a student's perspective Message-ID: <3389@vpk1.UUCP> Date: 25 Jul 88 14:50:01 GMT References: <1403@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Organization: AT&T Canada Inc., Toronto Lines: 24 In article <1403@sbcs.sunysb.edu>, paco@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Francisco J Romero) writes: :> :> I am looking for a program which detects similarities between/among C :> programs, and can be used to detect cheaters. I am just too busy and :> lazy to reinvent the wheel, so I hope somebody out there has something :> interesting to share. I am thinking of a line-counter, keyword-counter, :> identifier-counter, loop-counter, etc combined together into a unique :> program that provides a among programs. Maybe :> there are more sophisticated ways of detecting cheaters I am not aware of. :> Any help will be appreciated. :> From a students perspective, GO FOR IT. You're the kind of Prof that makes cheating fun!!! It's ten times more satisfying to cheat a computer than some stupid TA that took the course 8 months before you did. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Jespersen | Associate Technical Consultant | PLACE SILLY TEXT BASED (Read: Co-op Student) | GRAPHIC DOODAD HERE. AT&T Canada Inc. | PHONE : (416)499-9400 | UUCP : {uunet | ihnp4}!attcan!hjespers | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------