On Monday, in trying to emphasize the importance and value of 
developing expertise in debugging, I mentioned the joys some 
of you can expect after graduation when you are called on at 
work to debug your colleague's program.

Apparently some students interpreted my comment that it is 
okay to debug your classmate's program in this course.

Seems like an absurd stretch to me, but my TA says I need to 
clarify my comment. Rather than have a student think I am 
encouraging him/her to cheat, which would result in very 
unhappy consequences for him/her, I am taking the time here to 
reinforce the policy in 306.

Collaboration with other students in 306 or other people not 
enrolled in 306 is not allowed on any programming assignment.  
You are free to discuss the assignment in general terms.  But 
once you get down to specifying the algorithm, whether by means 
of a flow chart or by (bad idea) writing the instructions 
directly, you are on your own.  If you need help, the ONLY 
people who you may talk to are the TAs and me.  Other than the 
TAs and me, the programming assignments are expected to be your 
own work.

Good luck with it.

Yale Patt