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Re:Prison. Bankruptcy. Suicide. How a software glitch ruined... by fzeindl on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @05:41AM (#39011764)
> Why this isn't applied to software engineering is a whole nother story, but i think it probably should.

Because bits don‘t rot and while you need to build a new bridge now and then which will include your learnings from the old one, you never have to replace software because it can be copied ad infinitum.

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Re:Prison. Bankruptcy. Suicide. How a software glitch ruined... by whyever on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @03:50AM (#39025085)
Metaphorically speaking, bits do rot, this is an expression for software stopping to work as the environment changes over time: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/B/bit-rot.html
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