What is usually meant by the phrase "
RewriteCodeFromScratch" but without the
OxyMoron.
The
OxyMoron comes from combining
rewrite implying an existing source, and
from scratch implying the opposite. As a figure of speech,
RewriteCodeFromScratch highlights the waste. Underneath the rhetorical device, it means writing a new solution rather than modifying an existing one.
As an example, the
ChryslerComprehensiveCompensation project was to replace many legacy payroll applications with a single new application.
See also
ReWriting