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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
"brilliant programmers."

Do you know how much of our society is hanging on by the thread of ancient software that has become too cumbersome and integrated to replace or update? Check the recent airlines bullshit for an example.

This assumption that everyone is savvy, sophisticated, in control is laughable. A lot of it is a house of cards.
gpt
I have been paid to write Fortran, if that's what you're asking.

Sometimes it's sensible to keep a system that works, even if it's old. There is significant value in diversified digital architecture, both from a perspective of security and contagion.

The brilliant programmers was aimed at those writing financial algorithms for trading, though. Not for an airlines antiquated systems or a hospital using Windows XP for some bedside machinery.