> Nimble, modern, highly capable tech corporations that understand that their code is an asset. (This isn’t strictly big tech. Any sane greenfield C++ startup will also fall into this category.)
Oh I see, this is a fantasy.
Oh I see, this is a fantasy.
It's all about the magnitude of the liability, not the direction
You do not need to re-solve this problem, and when a similar problem occurs, you can adapt the existing solution to the new problem.
Another way to think about it: if code was not an asset, we would delete it immediately after compilation.