Originally Posted by
Phil_R
To some extent, yes, if all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail, but at least make it a flexible hammer and don't keep messing the spec about.
Flexible hammers are more expensive than regular hammers. The flexibility feature of the hammer is indeed a spec or increased requirement, or a later mod -- either of which costs more money than a regular hammer.
For the extreme case of a requirement for a flexible hammer, I offer you the F-35.