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Re: Use modules or roll your own?

by Abigail-II (Bishop)
on Jul 29, 2002 at 15:00 UTC ( [id://186001]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Use modules or roll your own?
in thread Use modules or roll your own?

Not only that, but where do you stop?

Roll your own pragmata?
Roll your own perl?
Roll your own libc?
Roll your own device drivers?
Roll your own OS?
Roll your own hardware?

Abigail

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Re: Re: Use modules or roll your own?
by mstone (Deacon) on Jul 30, 2002 at 01:55 UTC
    Roll your own perl?

    Roll your own awk (like Larry Wall did)?

    Roll your own OS?

    Roll your own unix (like Linus Torvalds and/or Richard Stallman did)?

    Roll your own gopher (like Tim Berners-Lee did)?

    Seems like we have a lot of respect for those who chose to reinvent the wheel and got something good.

      They didn't reinvent the wheel for the sake of reinventing the wheel. They did it to get something better, because they were not satisfied with was already out there.

      And that's exactly the reason I've been given in this thread when I decide not to use a module, but roll my own.

      Larry didn't write Perl to get a better understanding of awk.

      Abigail

Re: Re: Use modules or roll your own?
by mitd (Curate) on Jul 30, 2002 at 03:30 UTC
    mitd notes that it may be possible at the quantum
    level to 'roll your own universe'. In which
    case Abigail's list could only be
    achieved through reverse engineering.

    mitd-Made in the Dark
    'Interactive! Paper tape is interactive!
    If you don't believe me I can show you my paper cut scars!'

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