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Re:Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than... by legulere on Monday August 05, 2019 @06:45AM (#20612947)
If you work on legacy code you can be sure that your code will be used for years if not decades.
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Re:Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than... by Nyandalized on Monday August 05, 2019 @08:58AM (#20613792)
Legacy code often ends up as such, because it was immediately available and immediately utilized. It worked then, and piled on functionality.

You don't see good looking legacy, because it didn't survive.

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