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submitted 9 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Rewriting a legacy system that's been patched and amended for 30 years... Good luck with that. It seems simple on paper but it's anything but.

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just make it from scratch?

For sure there is so much useless shit in there, that's why nobody gets their head around it anymore.

[–] Llewellyn@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Just make it from scratch?

And miss some tricky edge cases, which were covered in old code?

It's a railroad. Those edge cases could be disastrous.

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ok, keep it for the next 100 years and get custom build hardware which can run that stuff, that's cheap and safe.

Never touch anything

[–] Llewellyn@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

No. What I mean is rewriting it part by part, not from scratch, but following the old algorithms as possible.