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Oh no. I suppose it is something to do with the fact that it has been, what, almost 40 years since the lectures? The fact that most of the code would still wo
by ted_dunning 1y ago
Oh no.
I suppose it is something to do with the fact that it has been, what, almost 40 years since the lectures?
The fact that most of the code would still work is a miracle. That wouldn't work for, say, Java (which didn't exist in 1986). Nor C++. Nor Javascript (also not there back then). Fortran and C might be able to pull it off (but barely).
Remember, we didn't have computers worth the name back then. Shoot, we didn't even have dirt yet, just rocks.
- millerm 1y ago> That wouldn't work for, say, Java The ~29 years deprecated java.util.Date* methods would like to have a word. ;-) *https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/25/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Date.html https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/25/docs/api/java.base...