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Do you want the work to get done? What's the fastest way?

If I want a robust, reliable, thoroughly tested library routine, it's better to pull it from somewhere else, provided I know it's been hammered by others. Why waste time writing something that's available? Why not save my time, effort and skill for writing the things that are specific to the job at hand?

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Not when you have suffered a hack. You could pull a code out from google, it would be safe, but certainly not from anyone.

But that's just a question of due diligence. Anyone who pulls random code from unknown sources with no evidence of testing or competence gets what they deserve.

Yes, there are people who seem never to write code, and there are others who seem endlessly to re-invent the wheel to no good purpose.

I guess I just don't understand what you're asking. So I'll give up.