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I am not a scientist, but actually I think most of the code I wrote 10 years ago still is in production at different companies.
by ecmascript 6y ago
I am not a scientist, but actually I think most of the code I wrote 10 years ago still is in production at different companies.
- dhosek 6y agoIf it's still in production, it's most likely still getting some level of maintenance attention as well. When I was an undergrad I did some coding for some of the professors at the college. A lot of scientific programming is stuff that gets written and run once and never run again. Try dusting off some 10-year-old C++ and try compiling it with the current version of your compiler.
- jnxx 6y agoCompanies with code in production have a short-term real incentive to keep that code running. This is different from code from research projects, which is on many cases just run a few times, and in other times, written by somebody who has, if he / she wants to make any kind of career in the field, to change to a new workplace and will not have any time to maintain that old code. There are a few long-running mayor science projects, say, in particle physics or astronomy, which are forced to work differently. And in these environments, there are actually people who have knowledge on both science and software engineering.
- hex1848 6y agoI just shut down a VB6 app that had been running since 1998 at the company I work for last month. The leadership team finally decided they didn't want to sell that particular feature anymore. We still have a handful of apps from around that time period that do various small tasks. One day it will be a priority to get rid of them.