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To me "legacy" connotes flawed, not merely old. If a rewrite would end up slightly modernized but basically the same, what you have is an investment. If a rewri
by prodigal_erik 17y ago
To me "legacy" connotes flawed, not merely old. If a rewrite would end up slightly modernized but basically the same, what you have is an investment. If a rewrite would end up completely different because the old version doesn't meet the current requirements, what you have is a legacy problem.
- access_denied 17y agoYou are distinguishing between "legacy" and "legacy problem" and thus rendering your own opening 'thesis as moot.
- prodigal_erik 17y agoSorry, what I was trying to get across is that I don't expect to hear "legacy" unless there's a problem.