> This comment was document of its time, several decades ago. Software has history. Everything humans do has history.
So, should we never change documentation once it's written? When the technical details change, should the documentation become inaccurate because it's a record of the time? When the political and linguistic context changes and makes a joke cause confusion rather than laughs should we continue including it in new versions?
No, of course not. We should fix it. History is indeed important, that's why version control was invented. Access to the old versions isn't going anywhere.
So, should we never change documentation once it's written? When the technical details change, should the documentation become inaccurate because it's a record of the time? When the political and linguistic context changes and makes a joke cause confusion rather than laughs should we continue including it in new versions?
No, of course not. We should fix it. History is indeed important, that's why version control was invented. Access to the old versions isn't going anywhere.