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Letter: On the search for the oldest working code (1)

Published 26 March 2025

From Liz Bell, Great Shefford, Berkshire, UK

It struck me when reading your article “Hunting for the oldest code” that we may have found an excellent use for artificial intelligence. Can older coders who know the old programming languages pass their knowledge to AI systems before they depart this mortal coil? With the dependency on legacy systems you discussed, we would be very glad if they did (8 March, p 34).

Issue no. 3536 published 29 March 2025

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