Unlikely that you offended anyone, but it seems more likely that Mr. Ward
has other goals in mind.

Reasons for reinventing the wheel:
1) Make it round this time. Many wheels in my experience are round, but
I've come across some which are closer to square.

2) Make it the correct diameter. Sometimes the off-the-shelf wheel doesn't
fit on my cart.

3) Put a hole in the middle for the axle. Sometimes the off-the-shelf wheel
does not have any way of attaching it to something else. It is intended for
stand-alone use.

        4) My cart only uses wheel/axle assemblies. Until a few years ago
Forth could not call DLLs or libraries.

        5) I want to learn how to make wheels. The off-the-shelf wheel guy
didn't send his source code with the wheel.

        6) Some folks roll their own just to prove how good they are at
doing so.

        7) By the time I get down the wheel store, pick one that fits, take
it home, get it mounted and get it to work I could have made 10 wheels of my
own from scratch.

        8) I didn't know there was such a thing as an off-the-shelf wheel.

        9) Some part of the wheel is somebody's intellectual property and if
I reinvent it I can use a wheel without using that part, without seeking the
owner's permission and without paying him a thing.

        10) Using other people's wheels is boring. It's a lot more fun to
make your own.

        11) The wheel was NIH (not invented here). (not to be confused with
# 1 or any of the other reasons)

        Comments:
            Got any more? Please send them along.
          I agree with about half of these. Some I threw in as examples of
ways to delay a project or get yourself fired.

Sometimes reinventing the wheel is necessary. Sometimes it's just conceit,
prejudice, laziness or an attempt to amuse or educate yourself at your
employer's expense.

> ----------
> From: Conrad Weyns[SMTP:weyns_at_online.no]
> Reply To: sftalk_at_forth.com
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 5:52 AM
> To: sftalk_at_forth.com
> Subject: Re: [sftalk] Receive Mail
>
> Ward,
> At the risk of offending the Forth community: if you are not bound to
> using
> Forth as such for your project, download Rebol (www.rebol.com) and try it
> out.
> Sincerely,
> Conrad.
>
>
> ----------
> >From: "WCS Connect" <wcs_connect_at_tpg.com.au>
> >To: "SF Talk" <sftalk_at_forth.com>
> >Subject: [sftalk] Receive Mail
> >Date: Fri, Jul 7, 2000, 9:31 am
> >
>
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I have been looking at the send mail example and it seems a model of
> >simplicity. Has anybody implemented the reverse - receive mail in the
> same fashion?
> >I am looking to download mail with attachments and drop the attachments
> >into a directory. Since I am starting from scratch I will have to
> download
> >RFC 1725 to help me on my way, unless someone more skilled than myself
> has
> >already generated the framework.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Rob Ward
>
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