Truth #2

Posted by Chris Tingom on February 15, 2005 at 9:58 am.

I saw this posted on a site:

“…why is that programmers, unlike most other professions, constantly like to re-invent the wheel?”

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  • Comment posted by Tommy on February 15, 2005 at 12:39 pm
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  • Probably because there’s a zillion ways do to the exact same thing…

  • Comment posted by Chris on February 15, 2005 at 12:56 pm
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  • That’s true, but I’ve met so many developers who think they can do it better and faster. Then they end up realizing they’re working on a mega-project and it’s doomed to fail because they failed to plan the project.

  • Comment posted by ace on February 16, 2005 at 10:55 am
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  • Because most programmers assume that every other programmer did it all completely wrong and is a complete idiot from the get go.

  • Comment posted by Chris on February 16, 2005 at 10:59 am
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  • Haha, Ace, you’re right on. That’s exactly what it is.

  • Comment posted by db smith on February 16, 2005 at 6:50 pm
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  • Because my wheel will have spokes and have a virtual parent class called CAxel, and it will come in different colors…

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