Re:From where I left
by PeterZaitsev on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @04:16PM
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It is not just compatibility, there are bugs, but most important security issues which are constantly being discovered.
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Which makes rot a good metaphor actually. The DNA of a tree which becomes infected with a new mutation of a fungus didn't change, the fungus did.
Code in which a vulnerability is discovered is in the same position. It's developed a susceptibility to a new force malevolent to its purpose. It doesn't have to change to rot, it suffices for the world to change around it.