In general, having a product disconnected from the hype-cycles has distinct advantages. The lower code permutation rate causes fewer patch cycles that spike la

In general, having a product disconnected from the hype-cycles has distinct advantages. The lower code permutation rate causes fewer patch cycles that spike labor costs, and the number of unknown exploits/errors usually decrease with time. If I recall, this was one reason GNU Octave integrated the Forth+Fortran code used at NASA, and kept the reasoned algorithmic assumptions consistent with legacy calculations. All legacy code has a caveat that depends on if a team cared about workmanship. =3