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by Supermancho 954 days ago
> Code that is no longer being touched is not done; it's dead.

Scripting code I wrote in 1998 worked in 2005 and still works today. Javascript I wrote 5 years ago, works today. Language choice matters as much as how it's executed. I assume VMware running a vm from 2008 is still running somewhere.

If it's not being executed, it's dead. There's a big difference from the "always needs to be maintained" assumption.