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Reading this post, the term "software archeology" and "programmer archeologist" come to mind. (Thank you, Vernor Vinge, for the latter concept.)
by cardamomo 2y ago
Reading this post, the term "software archeology" and "programmer archeologist" come to mind. (Thank you, Vernor Vinge, for the latter concept.)
- schacon 2y agoI can’t help but feel like you’re calling me “old”…
- cardamomo 2y agoNot my intention! Just an esteemed git archeologist
- Dilettante_ 2y agoA dinosaur, even
- choult 2y agoI like to say that the danger of software archaeology is the inevitable discovery of coprolites...
- scubbo 2y agoGrrrr, this is such a bugbear for me. I was so excited to read "A Fire Upon The Deep" because hackers talked up the concept of "software archeology" that the book apparently introduced. The concept is briefly alluded to in the prologue, and then...nada, not relevant to the rest of the plot at all (the _effects_ of the archeology are, but "software archeologists" are not meaningful characters in the narrative). I felt bait-and-switched.