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I was in graduate school about 25 years ago and several Chinese students got caught cheating on the compiler project. I always thought this was a bit strange b

I was in graduate school about 25 years ago and several Chinese students got caught cheating on the compiler project. I always thought this was a bit strange because I’m sure most software developers could transform a piece of source code so that it would not appear to be a copy.

pavlov 8y ago
> cheating on the compiler project ... transform a piece of source code so that it would not appear to be a copy Sounds like the cheat itself would make a decent project for the compiler class.
- megablast 8y ago
  You mean changing variable names and rearranging bits of code. Not really.
arbie 8y ago
Colleges now have sophisticated software to catch cheating even in computer programming courses. I believe they compile down to an AST, and then compare for similarities.
- jessaustin 8y ago
  The college I attended had this 25 years ago...