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[-] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 71 points 8 months ago

Code that has lasted, with some maintenance, for 50+ years vs code that doesn't work from day 1? What advances we have made!

[-] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago

The science of failure!

[-] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago

Don’t forget that a lot of that code has lasted for 50 years cause corporations were too cheap to update/upgrade. Profits > tech debt.

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