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submitted 7 months ago by sepulcher@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I'm curious how software can be created and evolve over time. I'm afraid that at some point, we'll realize there are issues with the software we're using that can only be remedied by massive changes or a complete rewrite.

Are there any instances of this happening? Where something is designed with a flaw that doesn't get realized until much later, necessitating scrapping the whole thing and starting from scratch?

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[-] biribiri11@lemmy.ml 45 points 7 months ago

The entire thing. It needs to be completely rewritten in rust, complete with unit tests and Miri in CI, and converted to a high performance microkernel. Everything evolves into a crab /s

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

I laughed waay too hard at this.

A PM said something similar earlier this week during a performance meeting: "I heard rust was fast. Maybe we should rewrite the software in that?"

[-] brax@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

They must have been a former Duke Nukem Forever project manager

[-] ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub 3 points 7 months ago

Had me in the first half ngl

[-] jaypatelani@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

Why not Ironclad( written in Ada) ? https://ironclad.nongnu.org/

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