carlos12
Experienced Member
Why do we program for systems that most people consider "obsolete"? I would love to know your opinions and feelings about this.
For me, a few reasons would be:
- Because it's fun
- It's rewarding (and frustrating some times...)
- If you use that computer on the present moment and it's useful for a given task, it's not obsolete at all
- Although great programs and games were made on it's time (for example, circa '81 to '92 for the IBM PC/XT), we always can make new products, enjoy them and share them.
- Because it keeps us young
- Because for many of us is not retrocoding anymore as we were already doing it 30-40 or whatever the years before (although, of course, new coders are always welcome!)
In my case I'm right now programming the game I wished to program or play for the PC and clones when I was a teenager. Unfortunately, back then I didn't have the knowledge and documentation needed to do it. It's a long path as it is a huge task for a one person team (thankfully I'm using a lot of code written by many people, so I don't have to reinvent the wheel for many tasks, thank you all, and we can also help each other on this forum so we are not that alone...).
It's also difficult to find time and energy while having a day work but, as I say before, it's also very rewarding also. For me, it's one of the best hobbies that exist.
For me, a few reasons would be:
- Because it's fun
- It's rewarding (and frustrating some times...)
- If you use that computer on the present moment and it's useful for a given task, it's not obsolete at all
- Although great programs and games were made on it's time (for example, circa '81 to '92 for the IBM PC/XT), we always can make new products, enjoy them and share them.
- Because it keeps us young
- Because for many of us is not retrocoding anymore as we were already doing it 30-40 or whatever the years before (although, of course, new coders are always welcome!)
In my case I'm right now programming the game I wished to program or play for the PC and clones when I was a teenager. Unfortunately, back then I didn't have the knowledge and documentation needed to do it. It's a long path as it is a huge task for a one person team (thankfully I'm using a lot of code written by many people, so I don't have to reinvent the wheel for many tasks, thank you all, and we can also help each other on this forum so we are not that alone...).
It's also difficult to find time and energy while having a day work but, as I say before, it's also very rewarding also. For me, it's one of the best hobbies that exist.