Avoiding the reinvention of the proverbial wheel is a standard bit of received wisdom in software development circles. There's certainly truth there, but I think it's a bit dangerous if taken too literally -- if you categorically deny all attempts to solve a problem with code once any existing library is in place.
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Reinventing the wheel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reinventing the wheel is a phrase that means to duplicate a basic method that has long since been accepted and even taken for granted. The inspiration for this idiomatic metaphor lies in the fact tha...
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Wheel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A wheel is a circular device that is capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation whilst supporting a load (mass), or performing labour in machines. Common examples are f...
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Tasty Snacks in Design and Creative Media ... We all learn how to navigate the web by similarities between sites. Making use of several design conventions will give users confidence with your site and produce noticeable results. You don’t always have to reinvent the wheel.
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Wheel Changes Lives ... Wheel Wire FAQs ... Wheel People...
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The oldest wheel found in archeological excavations was discovered in what was Mesopotamia and is believed to be over fifty-five hundred years old ... The wheel is everywhere on all our cars, trains, planes, machines, wagons, and most factory and farm equipment. What could we move without wheels? But as important as the...
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Fascinating facts about the invention of the Wheel by Mesopotamian's in c3500 BC.. ... The wheel is probably the most important mechanical invention of all time. Nearly every machine built since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution involves a single, basic principle embodied in one of mankind’s truly...
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Up till now, it is still a mystery as to who invented the wheel and when the wheel was invented. According to archaeologists, it was probably invented in around 8,000 B.C. in Asia. The oldest wheel known however, was discovered in Mesopotamia and probably dates back to 3,500 B.C.
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Wheel and Axle ... A wheel and axle is a simple machine made up of two circular objects of different sizes. The wheel is the larger object. It turns about a smaller object called an axle. Because the wheel is larger than the axle, it always moves through a greater distance than the axle.
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