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by swiftcoder 1612 days ago
I don't think I've ever used the phrase "legacy system" to something from the 90's, even. Mostly it's software in that twilight zone of 5-10 years old. Built with "modern" expectations and dependencies, but every system around it has migrated to a new and shiny tech stack, and all the subject matter experts are long gone...
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> every system around it has migrated to a new and shiny tech stack, and all the subject matter experts are long gone

This seems to be an unfortunate property of software related to web development and similar stuff. Fortunately, scientific computation moves at a more reasonable pace. There are new algorithms every day, but no new "frameworks"!