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Software Design with John Ousterhout

Legacy Code Rocks

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How to Design a Legacy System

I'm really curious about your thoughts about software design of legacy systems. How mutatable these designs are and what transformations are easy to apply, not so easy to apply or dangerous to apply. So just talk a little bit about what designs do you see are common with legacy systems that might need help or love or maintenance efforts? Well, let me first start with a disclaimer, which is that I spend most of my time actually building new software.

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