Tom's Hardware learned that candidates would oversee machines running 166 MHz processors with 8 MB of RAM, which are used to display important technical train data to...
    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      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.deEnglish
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        10 months ago

        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.eeEnglish
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          10 months ago

          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.