Comment on A letter from _whyparentComments−wtracy15y"if you program and want any longevity to your work, make a game. all else recycles, but people rewrite architectures to keep games alive."... or any sufficiently large and financially important enterprise code, really. :-(−rbanffy15yThis is like saying zombies are alive...No. Enterprise (and enterprisey) code is born dead. With huge amount of effort, it may be coerced into walking. It also eats brains.−mindcrime15yEnterprise (and enterprisey) code is born deadThis strikes me as all of:1. wrong2. unsupported3. inflammatory4. of no value to the conversation.Would you care to support / substantiate that claim somehow?
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"if you program and want any longevity to your work, make a game. all else recycles, but people rewrite architectures to keep games alive."
... or any sufficiently large and financially important enterprise code, really. :-(
This is like saying zombies are alive...
No. Enterprise (and enterprisey) code is born dead. With huge amount of effort, it may be coerced into walking. It also eats brains.
Enterprise (and enterprisey) code is born dead
This strikes me as all of:
1. wrong
2. unsupported
3. inflammatory
4. of no value to the conversation.
Would you care to support / substantiate that claim somehow?