Well to quote myself.
What I meant was that newbies need to appreciate that the code archives is free code that may or may not work. I think that's something any newbie finds out pretty quickly when browsing free code. My point is that you can't expect free code to have a high standard all the time. That's the problem with free code and why it's better to write your own code. Newbies should be learning the language not trying to throw a game together as quick as possible by grabbing as much free code as they can.
If newbies take bad code and use it in their game it's their fault for not knowing any better.
What I meant was that newbies need to appreciate that the code archives is free code that may or may not work. I think that's something any newbie finds out pretty quickly when browsing free code. My point is that you can't expect free code to have a high standard all the time. That's the problem with free code and why it's better to write your own code. Newbies should be learning the language not trying to throw a game together as quick as possible by grabbing as much free code as they can.