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The closest thing I've seen to an actual definition of "legacy code" is "code that's very difficult to unit test." It's a shitty catch-22.
by blt 12y ago
The closest thing I've seen to an actual definition of "legacy code" is "code that's very difficult to unit test." It's a shitty catch-22.
- philbarr 12y agoFeathers defines legacy code as code without accompanying tests in "Working Effectively with Legacy Code". Even to the point where someone he knows said of a particular shop, "they're writing legacy code, man!"