RE: Humorous Enhancements. I ain't amused.

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anyone can write bad code at any time in any language.  The bad rap for
"legacy" code probably comes from ancient goto laden monstrously long
programs that seem to work properly.  They're the ones no one seriously
thinks of replacing unless forced to because no one understands how they
work.  People just swear at them when they have to modify them.  In some
shops they're the only older code left.

'Course "legacy" is a great marketing term when you're pushing the latest
and greatest stuff that fills no known need.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wynn Osborne [mailto:wynn@praxis.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 8:47 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Humorous Enhancements. I ain't amused.
> 
> 
> This is quite funny. BUT,
> 
> At 09:09 PM 8/5/99 GMT, you wrote:
> >>I am NOT making this up:
> >>
> >>     C   99      1         IFEQ 1
> >>     C* Other code
> >>     C                     END
> >>
> >>I've seen some other real head-scratchers, too; I'll post 
> if I find 'em.
> >
> >There is all kinds of ugly stuff floating around with roots in legacy
> >limitations.
> 
> This has, for some reason, really urked me just now!!! This freakin'
> buzzword, "Legacy", is just about to make me a day trader.
> 
> In this specific case, the word is totally out of 
> context...in fact, quite
> amatuerish. Stupid logic has nothing to do with legacy. I promise you,
> there are at least as many programmers today, if not more, 
> who write this
> !@#$% crap as they did 20 years ago. Why do you think Windows
> SUCKS????????!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> In a more general sense, exactly what kind of code would be considered
> "non-legacy"?
> 
> Funny thing---I was browsing the ole web the other day and 
> ran across some
> interesting info on the ENIAC. Guess what the "Average error 
> free running
> period" was? It was 5.6 hrs!   Hmm....not too damned bad for 1947 huh?
> Pretty darned close to today's non-legacy systems ain't it?
> 
> FYI: The word really has nothing to do with computing in 
> terms of how it's
> used. Legacy refers to things of "the past". It is a 
> marketing term ONLY.
> Absorb that, and you will do well with vendors.
> 
> Sorry for the rant...I just had to get it out,
> Wynn
> 
> 
> 
> "A man would have to be crazy not to love a life like this." 
> -- Dale Sledd
> 
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