>Where did I say anything about relying on anything "indiscriminately"? Well maybe I read a little too much into your comment but I interpreted it as "if you h

>Where did I say anything about relying on anything "indiscriminately"? Well maybe I read a little too much into your comment but I interpreted it as "if you have small functions called only a small number of times in your code then you're a noob". I attempted to provide a counter-example. I'm sure that you didn't mean it quite as literally but there probably are a bunch of young, inexperienced coders browsing this thread and I think these rules of thumb can be pretty counterproductive when they reach impressionable minds. Then you end up with people cargo-culting weird ad-hoc rules without even understanding the reasoning behind them. >Avoiding repetition at all cost is definitely a mistake. Avoiding repetition where it's justifiable could be a sensible choice. I completely agree on that.