2010-05-05, 09:13 AM
Most computer science departments have software that scans code for a project and compares them against the other students + code examples from the web etc. It's very very accurate, and in most cases will pick up "academic dishonesty" without problems.
You may have worked together but if he used this software and it came up against you that means your coding styles, classes, methods etc matched too completely. It's very unlikely for two people working alone as they should, to call all their classes the same way and in the same order etc. So I would recommend telling him the exact truth regarding how much you collaborated, and hope he takes it easy on you.
You may have worked together but if he used this software and it came up against you that means your coding styles, classes, methods etc matched too completely. It's very unlikely for two people working alone as they should, to call all their classes the same way and in the same order etc. So I would recommend telling him the exact truth regarding how much you collaborated, and hope he takes it easy on you.