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That you haven't been up-voted more affirms my belief that you are on the right track. If they can't explain why they don't know the value of it. If they don't know the value of it, they can't weigh that value against any others.


Is "it's the first thing that came to mind" an acceptable answer?


That's falls somewhere between "because its the way we do things around these parts" and "it's what we used on my last couple of projects".

Perfectly fine for a certain degree of utility (maintenance, finishing, junior dev?), not quite so much for a lead, system designer or architect.




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