People rewrite programs for different reasons:

- As a beginner because they do not know other solutions exist
- As a moderately experienced user because they think they can do a better job
- As a wizard because they know they can do a better job

...finally, the wizard becomes tired and makes the decision to trust what others have done.

I think everyone should go through these phases because it allows one to learn even if that is not their goal. I would not really trust any programmer that hasn't gone through the humbling "I think I can do it better" phase because that is the only way to get to the "I know how to do it better" phase.

Additionally, reinventing the wheel (as pointed out above) really has little to do with TIMTOWTDI. Reinventing the wheel happens out of ignorance, and doing it another (better?) way is a product of hubris (or even real pride) which is a tenant of the Perl Community, right?

In reply to Re: Death and Return of TIMTOWTDI by perlfan
in thread Death and Return of TIMTOWTDI by dakedesu

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