Truth #2
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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Probably because there’s a zillion ways do to the exact same thing…
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.
Because most programmers assume that every other programmer did it all completely wrong and is a complete idiot from the get go.
Haha, Ace, you’re right on. That’s exactly what it is.
Because my wheel will have spokes and have a virtual parent class called CAxel, and it will come in different colors…