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If people stopped 'reinventing the wheel', we'd still be using circular rocks (or whatever the first wheel was), no one would have cared to learn how to make it
by craftyguy 8y ago
If people stopped 'reinventing the wheel', we'd still be using circular rocks (or whatever the first wheel was), no one would have cared to learn how to make it and then improve upon it.
Recreating existing tools is a perfectly valid way to 1) learn or become proficient in a language, 2) learn how the tool works, and 3) position yourself to improve the tool if you wanted
- yen223 8y agoThat's the funny thing about that phrase. There's so many different types of wheels out there! And it's not the result of engineers being cute, but rather the reality that different requirements do call for different solutions. People who argue against reinventing the wheel are the same ones sticking bicycle wheels on jumbo jets, and wondering why it can't handle the load.