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SE Radio 554: Adam Tornhill on Behavioral Code Analysis

Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers

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What Is Your Definition of Legacy Code?

There are many definitions about legacy code. What is yours? So my definition of legacy code is actually very close to what you just mentioned. It's code that somehow lacks in quality and it's code that you didn't write yourself. Having a large test suit is absolutely no guarantee that this system is maintainable.

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