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LnxPrgr3 on Oct 7, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Faster than C? Parsing binary data in JavaScript.

Reinventing the wheel is a good thing when what you get is a better wheel, or even just one better suited to your purpose.

Ever notice we're not driving cars on ox cart wheels?

gruseom on Oct 7, 2012 [–]

As someone once brilliantly (I thought) put it on HN: has anything ever needed more reinventing than the wheel?

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