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It's hardly "computer science" either. Good software engineering, sure, but there's obviously no mathematical foundation here.
by chiefjosh 2y ago
It's hardly "computer science" either. Good software engineering, sure, but there's obviously no mathematical foundation here.
- kelnos 2y agoI wouldn't even say it's the core principle of software engineering. It's not really a "principle" anyway: legacy is just a reality that we have to deal with. And a perfectly valid way of dealing with it might be to throw it away and rewrite it. That's not a choice to be taken lightly, to be sure, but it's complete nonsense for the article author to suggest it isn't an option.