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To me 'Legacy code' means the person who wrote it (or most of it) is not fixing / changing it. It implies you cannot ask them WTF is this. Or more critically
by sloaken 11mo ago
To me 'Legacy code' means the person who wrote it (or most of it) is not fixing / changing it.
It implies you cannot ask them WTF is this. Or more critically Why did you do this? Which of course is critical to avoid the 'Chesterton's Fence' Which I learned about here on HN and find it such a critical aspect of documentation now.
- fud101 11mo agoThe other side of this is if they are still there but resistant to change or rewriting it in a better way.