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tough choice? (lemmy.zip)

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[-] regdog@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Instead of "legacy code" they should call it "veteran code", because it has seen some shit.

[-] silasmariner@programming.dev 5 points 5 months ago

Brb updating my personal lexicon

[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

That is a much better name for it, especially because some of the ways in which veteran code gets creaky does feel analogous to age

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