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Re:What platforms do you see having the best code longevity ... by hacknat on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @04:49PM (#9141021)
Any command line program that is compiled and plays by *nix's rules or by Win32's rules, in theory, should still be able to run in 20 years.

UI is always the sticky issue, it will almost always change, and the underlying api with it. Will iOS and Android stick with their apis and run times? They're just too new to say. The browser is, almost by definition, supposed to change.

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Re:What platforms do you see having the best code longevity ... by gnarbarian on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @05:17PM (#9141174)
I think that's why my dad's software is still usable. the UI was simply an excel spreadsheet. Since spreadsheets haven't changed that much it continues to do its thing.
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