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Re:Why read old philosophy? by Raphmedia on Friday May 18, 2018 @10:51AM (#17101913)
So, in a metaphorical way, reading old philosophy isn't about reading a legacy code base. It's about reading the git history and project documentation.
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Re:Why read old philosophy? by jeremiahwv on Friday May 18, 2018 @11:02AM (#17102008)
Hmm, I'd say more like reading the (original) source code of git itself to learn about Linus and his coding"philosophy" [0] vs reading a modern tutorial about how to use git.

[0] I haven't done this so not putting any value prop on this specific example.

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