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> > >> If you get something better out of it, some things can do with a
> > >> bit of reinventing
> > >
> > >This is not re-inventing, it is fine tuning.
> >
> > Finetuning means modifying init, not creating a new one. That's a
> > distinction.
>
> Exactly. Just like the wheels of a BMW aren't made of stone or wood.
> They have been reinvented. Sometimes that's necessary,
> because what was before wasn't good enough

This probably invites a long and irrelevant conversation, but BMW wheels
weren't reinvented, but are the end result of a long process of "fine
tuning" based upon very old improvements.  The most significant improvements
were the substitution of new materials for old, pneumatic tyres, disc brakes
and the whole suspension.  A mix of replacements and additions.  No
reinvention there, whatever the marketing people say.

I too have a strong objection to clichéd metaphors.


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