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Re: Ask HN: Oldest code you have written that is still in use?

#71
I was but a teen age boy in 1992.

I built a file maker database, for a school system.

They have tried to retire it twice. Both projects failed miserably.

For the last 10 years it has been maintained by the same office admin. She still calls me every now and again to ask questions.

Re: Ask HN: Oldest code you have written that is still in use?

#73
Late 70's. I wrote the operating system for the Control Pak EM system sold as the Barber Colman Network Supervisor building automation system. Thousands of systems were installed and many are still in use. By cracky. Er, what was the question again?

http://www.controlpak.com/network.htm

Re: Ask HN: Oldest code you have written that is still in use?

#74
I've got at least one major project I know is still in use that's pretty close to ten years old now. I have reason to believe that an Access application I wrote in 1997 is still in use (though I hope for the sake of its users its been long since retired!) I've got bits and pieces of code I'd be willing to bet a beer are still in use, but nothing I'd call a major project.

Re: Ask HN: Oldest code you have written that is still in use?

#75
I wrote the netcode, among other things, for Army of Two: 40th day. I suppose so long as the matchmaking servers are up then the code is available to be run. Last I checked for active games was well over five years ago, but there were several thousand players at the time.

All of the code I wrote earlier has long since been abandoned, I hope. There is the CBT application I worked on for BP that was for safety training operations for oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico; and I -really- hope that it's no longer in use.

Re: Ask HN: Oldest code you have written that is still in use?

#76
I doubt this will impress, so much as amuse. But I'm pretty sure the oldest thing I've written that's still in use is a series of popular scripts used in various Warcraft 3 maps and mods. Written circa 2003 if memory serves. Mostly they focused on adding RPG-like elements to gameplay: camera lock on individual PC units, unit swaps to "upgrade" character classes, and so forth.

At the time, JASS (Blizzard's scripting syntax) was largely procedural, so this was some brute-force work that was a real bear to make usable across different mods.

Still playable, though, and still enjoyable.

Re: Ask HN: Oldest code you have written that is still in use?

#77
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post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The sad thing is, that vintage of lotus notes was actually tolerable, compared to what came later.

I feel like I have stockholm syndrome after using Notes from several years. I hated notes, but I really miss the 'Copy to New' function from creating new emails from already sent items. Anyone know of a client that supports this other than Notes? (sorry for the hijack)

Are you referring to 'Edit As New' in e.g. Thunderbird?

Re: Ask HN: Oldest code you have written that is still in use?

#78

Late 70's. I wrote the operating system for the Control Pak EM system sold as the Barber Colman Network Supervisor building automation system. Thousands of systems were installed and many are still in use. By cracky. Er, what was the question again? http://www.controlpak.com/network.htm

Damn, and here I thought I was special for repurposing some code I wrote in 2008.

Re: Ask HN: Oldest code you have written that is still in use?

#80
Several VB6 based tools from 1999 are still in use. They still work just fine in Win 7 64-bit. (VB6 was the best RAD tool from Microsoft, great integration with Windows and was part of the "information at your fingertip" vision. Then Java happend and Microsoft frantically tried to create something similar. 15 lost years, nowadays compiled languages and on the otherside dynamic languages like Javascript succeeded. And also the web succeeded over AOL, Microsoft Network and other pay-to-use-closed-attempts. And now with Win10 the whole platform is on a crossroad, the trust is gone with all spying, tracking and as-a-service idea - "users aren't slaves" and want to decide for themself after all)
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