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How would it be a horse? Reinventing the wheel refers more to reproducing a tool that already exists with little to no benefit. But sometimes the wheel needs
by bugs 17y ago
How would it be a horse? Reinventing the wheel refers more to reproducing a tool that already exists with little to no benefit.
But sometimes the wheel needs to be reinvented, like perhaps the wheel that is available can only be used on a horse driven buggy.
- ThinkWriteMute 17y agoSure on a purely dictionary scale "reinventing the wheel" means to reproduce a tool that exists with little to no extra benefit. More often than not, however it's used to down play the achievements or ideas of others. I'm the kind of guy who believes that any (even little) benefit is a reason to reinvent something.
- echaozh 17y agoSometimes the wheel needs to be reinvented, because, say the old design was patented. Or closed sourced.