alt Hacker NewsPeople re-create the same algorithms all the time for different languages or because of license incompatibility.
I'm personally doing just that because I want an algorithm written in C++ in a LGPL library working in another language
People re-create the same algorithms all the time for different languages or because of license incompatibility.
I'm personally doing just that because I want an algorithm written in C++ in a LGPL library working in another language
In fact this is a counter argument to the point of the article. You're not making 'just more throwaway software' but instead building usable software while standing on the shoulders of existing algo's and libraries.