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Re:Ask HN: How to build software to last 20 years? 50 years?... by diegoholiveira on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @03:37PM (#40930640)
software change because the job that is does, also change. example: moving money around today is not like it use to be 20 years ago.

an analogy with constructions makes no sense, IMO.

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Re:Ask HN: How to build software to last 20 years? 50 years?... by JohnFen on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @03:49PM (#40930787)
> moving money around today is not like it use to be 20 years ago.

How true that is depends on where you look. Behind the scenes, a large amount of banking is little different now than it was decades ago.

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