At 08:18 11/1/01 -0500, David Corbin wrote:
>Using this logic, we should all be riding around on stone wheels. When
>a tool is hard to use, or has particular downsides, that's the perfect
>time to reinvent it. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for standards, and
>I'm all for using existing tools, but there is nothing wrong with
>replacing a stone-hammer with a rubber mallet if that's what the job
>calls for. In fact, I'd argue ANT wouldn't exist with the attitude you
>presented here.
Feel free to rewrite a simpler XSLT, write extensive documentation and
document it then. It is free software community - if you want to reinvent
the wheel you can. Personally I try to limit my reinvention to when it's
needed thou YMMV.
Cheers,
Pete
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