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I occasionally reverse-engineer code from that era for fun and it's still very manageable. Imagine what it will be like reverse-engineering our current code in
by TonyTrapp 6y ago
I occasionally reverse-engineer code from that era for fun and it's still very manageable. Imagine what it will be like reverse-engineering our current code in 30 years. Everything is just so much more complex.
- stevekemp 6y agoI spent today patching a binary which was compiled in the 80s - an infocom interpreter of all things - so that I could play hitchhikers's guide to the galaxy on a single-board computer. So yes, people will probably keep doing things like this long after you think programs are obsolete.