From 0fa1e45c28d476598a8f596d6db8ead463530f59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Yann Esposito (Yogsototh)" <yann.esposito@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 18:33:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] wip

---
 engine/dev.sh                             |  6 +++---
 src/posts/0022-eternal-language/index.org | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/engine/dev.sh b/engine/dev.sh
index 4e9aa67..df5a3f3 100755
--- a/engine/dev.sh
+++ b/engine/dev.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ blue=4
 # magenta=5
 # cyan=6
 # white=7
-green() { printf "$(tput setaf $green)%s$(tput sgr0)" "$*" }
-yellow() { printf "$(tput setaf $yellow)%s$(tput sgr0)" "$*" }
-blue() { printf "$(tput setaf $blue)%s$(tput sgr0)" "$*" }
+green() { printf "$(tput setaf $green)%s$(tput sgr0)\n" "$*" }
+yellow() { printf "$(tput setaf $yellow)%s$(tput sgr0)\n" "$*" }
+blue() { printf "$(tput setaf $blue)%s$(tput sgr0)\n" "$*" }
 
 pipegreen() {while read line; do green $line; done}
 pipeyellow() {while read line; do yellow $line; done}
diff --git a/src/posts/0022-eternal-language/index.org b/src/posts/0022-eternal-language/index.org
index 75d4092..44bcc03 100644
--- a/src/posts/0022-eternal-language/index.org
+++ b/src/posts/0022-eternal-language/index.org
@@ -8,6 +8,31 @@
 #+options: auto-id:t
 #+startup: showeverything
 
+
+The oldest code I ever wrote was probably in logo, then in Basic.
+Then I learned Turbo Pascal, then C, but also awk, csh, bash, etc…
+And for most of these programs, I am pretty confident, that taking the
+source code and using it today will still work as I would expect.
+
+Then during my PhD, I wrote a quite extensive C++ program.
+And, this was probably one of the first time I used extensively a library.
+But, a few years later, I couldn't make my code compile.
+I updated my code to make it work again.
+But today, I wouldn't be surprised to learn it doesn't work anymore.
+Why? The compiler will not accept some of my code, the library might have a
+few issues.
+Whatever, it is difficult.
+
+I think, most of my application code suffer from the same issue.
+The ecosystem of the language evolve, but if I don't take care of my code,
+it rots.
+But really fast.
+
+Wouldn't it be nice to be able to know that a code you write today will
+still be usable in 10, 30 or 100 years?
+Could this be possible looking at how our industry is going in the opposite
+direction?
+
 Have you remarked how difficult it is to have something now.
 I mean, really have an object that you know, could be passed to your
 children that they themselves pass to theirs for many generations.