What makes code legacy?

Question

I have heard many developers refer to code as \"legacy\". Most of the time it is code that has been written by someone who no longer works on the project. What is it that ma

Answer 1

This is a general term thrown around quite often (and quite generically) in the software ecosystem.

Well, I like to think of legacy code as inherited code. This is simply code that was written in the past. In most cases, legacy code do not follow new/current practices and is often considered archaic.