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I have code running today for which my last commit (in CVS!) was in 2002. Some software just does what it is supposed to and doesn't need to change, and this i
by bandrami 4y ago
I have code running today for which my last commit (in CVS!) was in 2002.
Some software just does what it is supposed to and doesn't need to change, and this is OK, and I have no idea why this fact infuriates some people.
- coldacid 4y agoBecause people these days tend to have the attention span of squirrels.
- alephu5 4y agoI wouldn't be surprised if most software in the world has been chugging along unchanged for decades. I suspect future historians in 1000 years will find pieces of ancient code copied around unchanged for centuries.