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dcz, 1 month ago @deshipu Can you give an example? I think you can only run old stuff on modern hardware due to unrelenting care of archivists and emulator makers who undo the bit rot when new standards drift away from old ones. Running on original hardware is a different matter.
@deshipu Can you give an example?
I think you can only run old stuff on modern hardware due to unrelenting care of archivists and emulator makers who undo the bit rot when new standards drift away from old ones.
Running on original hardware is a different matter.
dcz, 1 month ago @deshipu Is that an example of a program released 50 years ago, 5, or today? Cause if the answer is "yes", it does not support your thesis :P Also, try this 50-year-old snippet: https://spin0r.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/kr-c/ power(x, n) int x, n; { ... return(p); }
@deshipu Is that an example of a program released 50 years ago, 5, or today?
Cause if the answer is "yes", it does not support your thesis :P
Also, try this 50-year-old snippet:
https://spin0r.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/kr-c/
power(x, n) int x, n; { ... return(p); }
dcz, 1 month ago @deshipu What you're describing is the incessant effort by archivists to undo bit rot. I can't even find any 70's K&R C sources online - they seem to have rotted away completely. Meanwhile I'm not aware of any sources from 5 years ago that aren't fixable with at most a small effort. I'm honestly not seeing a difference in favor of older code here.
@deshipu What you're describing is the incessant effort by archivists to undo bit rot.
I can't even find any 70's K&R C sources online - they seem to have rotted away completely.
Meanwhile I'm not aware of any sources from 5 years ago that aren't fixable with at most a small effort.
I'm honestly not seeing a difference in favor of older code here.
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