[Shootout-list] preserving historical data

[Bengt Kleberg]

Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
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> Why do you assume old software on old machines *WILL WORK NOW ON NEW
> MACHINES?*
> 

let me refrase the question to:

why do i assume old software, written for old machines, will work on new 
machines?

because in my experience this is true. i have a limited experience, 
mostly with sparcstations and solaris/sunos. and the (admitedly not very 
good) scheme scripts i wrote in the 80's still work in that environment.


imho it is better to keep the old version, than to archive the old 
versions result.
however, while i do think it is better to have a live old version of a 
language avaliable i admit that it is unneccessary to throw away the old 
results if we do not keep the old version available.



bengt