6 December 2021 by Phillip JohnstonOne of the causes of software aging is the “disappearance” of programmers. This may be literal or simply “transformative”, where the original developer is no longer “the same” as before. Programmers move on to other projects Programmers get promoted to managers Programmers forget what they did and why they did it Programmers change their “style” Programmers leave the company Programmers retire Programmers die Wherever the programmer disappears to, there is inevitable loss of undocumented understanding of the system. As time goes on, the programmer will recall less and less about the original system and the …
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