[sagichmal]

    > I never thought people will actually come up and defend   
    > code duplication.

DRY is a principle, not an axiom.

Overapplication of DRY as axiomatic has led to much pain and suffering.

[the_af]

Agreed! But what this means is that when you decide not to apply DRY, you need to have a reasonable justification. Code duplication in general is a bad thing.