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Re:Programming is a Pop Culture by raganwald on Thursday November 01, 2012 @11:40AM (#4728063)
The author recalls writing banking code that talked to a "legacy" application written in MUMPS :-)
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Re:Programming is a Pop Culture by xradionut on Thursday November 01, 2012 @12:59PM (#4728494)
So? I've got semi-recent code that sucks data out of InterSystems Caché with yet another obselete programming language. The ability to access legacy systems to assist clients is a sign of craft, not necessary pop-culture programming.
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Re:Programming is a Pop Culture by raganwald on Thursday November 01, 2012 @02:47PM (#4729043)
It could also be a sign of engineering. All metaphors are leaky, some more so than others, especially mine.
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