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Written by Hector Correa on 2024-09-12 at 14:45

The post on Zero Dependencies by @timbray reminded me of an older post by Joe Armstrong:

Why I often implement things from scratch

http://armstrongonsoftware.blogspot.com/2006/09/why-i-often-implement-things-from.html

"If you have the right tools it's often quicker to implement something from scratch than going to all the trouble of downloading compiling and installing something that somebody else has written."

Tim's post: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/09/04/0dependencies

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Written by Tim Bray on 2024-09-12 at 17:20

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Heh, or, assuming an appropriate license, just copy in a function or two from another project, rather than taking a dependency on the whole thing.

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Written by Rob Landley on 2024-09-12 at 17:47

@hectorjcorrea @timbray The first time is not code reuse, it's just use. You need more than one to get the "re". And you're pulling in all of it, not just the part you used.

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