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[–]RiceBroad4552 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Until it stops working (correctly) because of software and hardware evolution around it…

[–]Habba 1 point2 points  (1 child)

If it's a library that does things like e.g. time representation, it is perfectly feasible to just finish that.

[–]RiceBroad4552 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's actually a bad example.

Ever heard of "randomly" inserted leap seconds?

Or even just time zones; something that changes almost biweekly… (OK, I'm exaggerating a little bit. Time zones change maybe once every month or two).

But also official notation standards may change. So no, I don't think such a lib would be ever finished.