Itself a source of many sins, because it misses the fact that *sometimes*, it really is much cheaper, easier and more reliable to reinvent the wheel.
Reminds me of one of my best quips from a past job where we were designing a large class library: "It's better to reinvent the wheel than to subclass a square wheel and try to make it round." :-)
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Date: 2011-11-05 04:59 pm (UTC)Reminds me of one of my best quips from a past job where we were designing a large class library: "It's better to reinvent the wheel than to subclass a square wheel and try to make it round." :-)