▲ 638 ▼ What is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of? (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by NotSpez@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 651 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) How many UNIX machines in production are still running on machines with 32-bit words, or using a 32-bit time_t? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) How much software is still running 32 bit binaries that won't be recompiled because the source code has been lost together with the build instructions, the compiler, and the guy who knew how it worked? How much software is using int32 instead of time_t, then casting/converting in various creative ways? How many protocols, serialization formats and structs have 32 bit fields? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] crate_of_mice@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Irrelevant. The question you should ask instead is: how many of those things will still be in use in 15 years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) How much software is still running 32 bit binaries that won't be recompiled because the source code has been lost together with the build instructions, the compiler, and the guy who knew how it worked? How much software is using int32 instead of time_t, then casting/converting in various creative ways? How many protocols, serialization formats and structs have 32 bit fields? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] crate_of_mice@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Irrelevant. The question you should ask instead is: how many of those things will still be in use in 15 years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] crate_of_mice@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Irrelevant. The question you should ask instead is: how many of those things will still be in use in 15 years. permalink fedilink source parent