1. Because you feel you can do better.

2. Because you've nothing else to do and you want to be busy when your boss walks by.

3. Because it's so much more fun re-inventing the wheel than using someone else's.

4. Because you can learn from your experience.

5. Because you didn't realise that someone else already HAD invented it ... but ...

In Perl programming, we encourage you to use the CPAN. In Python, the Cheeseshop and Vaults of Parnassus will save you hours of work recoding and maintaining. In PHP, there are great time-saving resources at PECL and PEAR.

(written 2006-05-06 04:57:48)

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