Eric Potter appreciates the value of good legacy software. This episode is sponsored by Smartsheet.

Show Notes:

• Comic: The Life of a Software Engineer (Bonkers World)

• Paper: The Computer Scientist as a Toolsmith by Fred Brooks

• Errata: I said the phrase "part and partial" but I should have said or "part and parcel"?

• Top Gear, the Hilux saga:

  • Toyota Hilux Part 1

  • Toyota Hilux Part 2

  • Toyota Hilux Part 3

• Book: The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks

• Vim, originally created for the Amiga in 1988, which is itself based on vi, which was created in 1976.

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