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A wheel suitable to its purpose.

Suppose re-using code were not a shibboleth. How long would have been required to write what you needed?

This may or may not be the most appropriate example, but reinventing the wheel is good when a prior attempt was square or when you need wheels with unusual performance.

(I realize that an inability to follow shibboleths can be damaging. From an 1897 Bible dictionary:

Thus when the Ephraimites from the west invaded Gilead, and were defeated by the Gileadites under the leadership of Jephthah, and tried to escape by the "passages of the Jordan," the Gileadites seized the fords and would allow none to pass who could not pronounce "shibboleth" with a strong aspirate. This the fugitives were unable to do. They said "sibboleth," as the word was pronounced by the tribes on the west, and thus they were detected (Judg. 12:1-6). Forty-two thousand were thus detected, and "Without reprieve, adjudged to death, For want of well-pronouncing shibboleth.")

Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 05/09/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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