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[–] regdog@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Instead of "legacy code" they should call it "veteran code", because it has seen some shit.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 5 points 6 days ago

Brb updating my personal lexicon

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago

That is a much better name for it, especially because some of the ways in which veteran code gets creaky does feel analogous to age