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

For me legacy code is code that was written prior to some paradigm shift. It may still be very much in use but it is in the process of being refactored to bring it into line.
e.g. Old procedural code hanging around in an otherwise OO system.