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What Is the Oldest Code Written Still Running?
Consul writes "What is the oldest piece of code that is still in use today, that has not actually been retyped or reimplemented in some way? By 'piece of code,' I'm of course referring to a complete algorithm, and not just a single line." The question would have a different answer if emulation, in multiple layers, is allowed.
I don't, so please, with sugar on top, enlighten me.
What the difference between two completely different expressions?
Because I think rigor can be applied to requirements as well.
I must be an ass.
Baboons are cute.
How about climate change? Modern hardware is far, far more energy efficient for the same level of performance than the ancient stuff they're using.
sub f{($f)=@_;print"$f(q{$f});";}f(q{sub f{($f)=@_;print"$f(q{$f});";}f});
The oldest code still running is the code that transfers several million dollars a month to secret bank accounts set up by the USA and USSR at the end of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. This code was initiated when it was discovered that renegade forces in the Soviet armed forces launched hydrogen bombs into space with instructions to stay harmlessly in space as long as money was transferred to certain numbered accounts.
After a long investigation, the Soviets executed the persons in their armed forces responsible but not before the Soviet scientists were able to lock codes into place that prevented the system from being disabled without triggering. The source code was destroyed and the computers programmed to rain the bombs down on the US if the large space vessels didn't regularly receive coded instructions to stay in space, or if the program stopped running. It was right out of 'Dr.Stranglove', and an example of the paranoid doomsday thinking that prevailed among the superpowers at the time. This incident was one of the most important events that led to coup in the USSR that drove Khrushchev (and his Stalinist apparatchiks) from power and led to the installation of the pro-Detent Breshnev/Khosgin regime in 1964.
Both the USA and USSR decided to keep the incident secret and it was determined that a continued stream of payments would be the cheapest, simplest, and easiest way to deal with a messy situation. A secret NASA space shuttle mission in 1994 attempted to adjust the orbits of the bomb-holding vehicles, but it is still unclear how successful this mission was.
This is an example of the legacy of insane situations and institutions that are left over from the cold war of the 20th century for us and future generations to have to deal with. Nevertheless, I believe that it is the oldest piece of code that has been running since its installation nearly fifty years ago.
Just like a bunch of Solaris systems. Fire and forget.
Wait, wrong metaphor....
The cesspool just got a check and balance.
DId I ever claim you did?
You mean like you did right there in the line above this right?
More backpedaling, more hypocrisy.
More proof that I was right and you're an imbecile.
I do enjoy that you are obviously all worked up and flustered by your inability to refute a single point I've made. It's fun to see you completely failing at communication using your "effective" methods while I have quite clearly demonstrated my point, that you're an idiot, using the methods you denounced.
How does it feel to get crushed and be unable to do anything buy cry about it?