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> Why store the code you won't be able to compile and execute?

The code itself is a manifestation of human creative expression and part of our cultural heritage even without executing it.

> Does it also contains OS, dependencies, compilers, linkers etc?

If they are free/open-source software (in this specific case on GitHub), then yes. See also their partner https://www.softwareheritage.org/mission/ which archives more than just GitHub.

It contains all the repositories with atleast 1 star. So yeah.

It's better than nothing. The rosetta stone is missing the first 15 lines or so-- still immensely valuable.

And the recipes to build the hardware required to run the program.