[awakeasleep]

I love/hate this type of tautological yet provoking statement

[ironmagma]

In what sense is it tautological? I can think of a lot of things that are important that won’t get done, healthcare improvements being one. Software on the other hand is typically fluid enough that someone will rewrite it.

[kortilla]

Because the bar can be effectively slid around justifying that it was/wasn’t important enough if it does/doesn’t get rewritten.

It’s as meaningless as telling someone they will achieve their dream if they want it bad enough.

[ironmagma]

I think it’s slightly more meaningful, because not all dreams can be achieved. If software isn’t getting ported from Python 2 to Python 3, it almost certainly isn’t because it’s too hard to do.

[ozzy6009]

If it wasn't selectively rewritten, it wasn't important enough (to be selectively rewritten).