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In the same sense that developing slightly better buildings shouldn't mean tearing down old ones.
by threatofrain 2y ago
In the same sense that developing slightly better buildings shouldn't mean tearing down old ones.
- oxfordmale 2y agoOld building decay over time. A lot of COBOL still runs fine decades later. Anyone involved in a major refactor knows it is a minefield. It should only be done as part of a strategic upgrade, not because Rust is "better" than C++.
- threatofrain 2y agoOld doesn't mean unmaintained, old buildings have run longer than COBOL has existed. Tearing down an old building just because a new building is objectively better can still be seen as a shameful waste, and although I don't know much about construction, I'm sure tearing down and rebuilding is also a minefield.