Depends on level of difference
As a part time professor I've seen a number of programs that had different formatting, comments, variable names, but could be mechanically shown to be equivalent (via a fairly trivial set of search and replace operations). There are [link|http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/97legacy/11_19_97b.html|programs] that have been developed that check for this.
So lets see how the MOSS metric works on the various "obfuscated regions" and then we can make an informed judgement.
"Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes.
Contestants in a suicidal race."
- Synchronicity II - The Police
Depends on level of difference
As a part time professor I've seen a number of programs that had different formatting, comments, variable names, but could be mechanically shown to be equivalent (via a fairly trivial set of search and replace operations). There are [link|http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/97legacy/11_19_97b.html|programs] that have been developed that check for this.
So lets see how the MOSS metric works on the various "obfuscated regions" and then we can make an informed judgement.
"Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes.
Contestants in a suicidal race."
- Synchronicity II - The Police
