I think there's more nuance to thinking about 'what lasts'.
Yes, it might not be the same code in use, but the work from the 1950s in CS lives on by being built upon in the code nowadays. The form of the output changes with time but the lessons persist.
Yes, it might not be the same code in use, but the work from the 1950s in CS lives on by being built upon in the code nowadays. The form of the output changes with time but the lessons persist.