I was obsessed with both history and computers when I was young. I've stayed a little close to history by building my career around problems domains in which C is the language of choice.
It's not quite Software Archaeology, but I've run across enough "old code" [1] in my career to keep me happy.
[1] One example is: In 2008 I had to modify code written in 1991 for a long-term Psychology study on rats. It had executed hundreds of times per day for ~17 years at that point. Fun times.
It's not quite Software Archaeology, but I've run across enough "old code" [1] in my career to keep me happy.
[1] One example is: In 2008 I had to modify code written in 1991 for a long-term Psychology study on rats. It had executed hundreds of times per day for ~17 years at that point. Fun times.