On 16/03/16 03:02, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> I'm not sure a citation is strictly necessary for a programming >> language, but if you want to you could cite the Python web site. >> Would you cite JavaScript, CSS or HTML if you built a website? >> Or SQL if you built a database? > > If the dissertation was *about* the database, or website, certainly you > would.
Ah, yes, that's true. Being an electrical engineer by profession/training I tend to forget that some people do actually write theses *about* computer programs rather than just write programs to support their work. If it were the latter I probably would mention the language (and compiler if relevant) in the text, maybe even provide URLs) but not provide full formal citations. But if I was actually describing the program itself then full citations make sense. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
