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Re: Ethics 101: To re-use or not to re-use?

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Originally Posted by seanwitte
It's the difference between building up a body of expertise from year to year and starting from scratch. Do you want to start next season where are are now or where you were last December? If you're rebuilding the codebase every season there will be limited opportunities for innovation because a large percentage of the time will be spent rebuilding basic components. It's like writing a GUI library every time you write a windows app. You'll get better at it, but you still have to DO it every time. That time should be spent doing something useful, but that's just my opinion.
Could you please explain the differences in your statement between hardware and software. As I see it the argument holds equally true with either.
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