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In one of my past job, for some reasons I was the only one diving into legacy 12+ years old code. The other members kept producing new code and debugging new c
by kreco 2y ago
In one of my past job, for some reasons I was the only one diving into legacy 12+ years old code.
The other members kept producing new code and debugging new code.
Disregarding of whether it's fair or not, there was a kind of balance that kept the boat floating.
I left since then and it wouldn't surprise me if the legacy was being rewritten from scratch (and over-engineered).
- callc 2y agoLegacy 12 year old? Try 40 - 45 year old code. Back when people mandated an 80 character line width because their CRT monitors only had so much resolution
- nateburke 2y agoIMHO 80 char lines are easier on my eyes, independent of monitor tech. I get antsy all the way over there on the right! Past 100 chars I am simply less confident in being able to pull off the ocular carriage return to the next line.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoI find 80 characters to be too short, and the resulting code after passing through a linter is significantly harder to parse due to the indentation being all over the place.