That's the Lindy effect: old tools like ls last because they've already lasted, while modern ones often don’t stick around long enough to. the future life

That's the Lindy effect: old tools like ls last because they've already lasted, while modern ones often don’t stick around long enough to. the future life expectancy is proportional to its current age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect