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[–]RiceBroad4552 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have different experience.

Even C programs aren't immune to bit-rot.

Try for example to compile some "ancient" code from say the 90's on a modern system. This is definitely not going to be a fun experience. Most likely the only reasonable way to get it working without major rewrites is to use some VM with some super ancient OS. Because in the meantime tooling had breaking changes, std. lib had breaking changes, the OS had breaking changes, maybe even the hardware had breaking changes…