https://iczelia.net/posts/e16-20-year-old-bug/
Article
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Author tracked down a deterministic hang in E16, a window manager from ~2000
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Root cause: stale loop logic causing deadlock-like behavior in X11 code
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Fixed a bug older than the author in actively maintained 25-year-old WM
Discussion
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Nostalgic flood: commenters recall E16 from late-90s as heavy but beautiful
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Irony noted: E16 was considered bloated on i486; now considered lightweight
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Open source longevity praised — you can use and fix software for decades
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Enlightenment.org appeared down during discussion, possibly hugged to death
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