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> So if copying a useful piece of code from Stack Overflow has always been acceptable This has not "always been acceptable"; copy-pasta was a pejorative not th
by MarkusQ 1mo ago
> So if copying a useful piece of code from Stack Overflow has always been acceptable
This has not "always been acceptable"; copy-pasta was a pejorative not that long ago, and people have been fired for simply copying code from SO and using it without understanding it.
- distances 1mo agoYes, and often it was clear what was copied and what was written by your colleague. Everyone has a signature style of code. I would often in review catch odd looking code, find the origin of it, and require a rewrite.