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Why is it that when a new technology comes along for executing code, the first thing people do is say "this is great, but it would be awesome if it ran my 40 year old code without modification"?



The value of new code anyone can write in a reasonable amount of time pales in comparison to the value of all the code which has already been written.


Why is it that people want to continue using tools that work to solve problems no matter how hard this industry tries to leave them in the dust?




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