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PieterH
on Oct 25, 2015
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The End of Software Versions
Citation needed.
If you have an example of problems caused by forwards compatibility, please provide it.
cwyers
on Oct 25, 2015
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The essay that's quoted from spends the next few paragraphs saying basically that.
PieterH
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You're right. The essay is out of date. In fact the "don't break stable contracts" rule has made life much simpler. It took a while for that to work through. I've corrected the text. Thanks for pointing it out.
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If you have an example of problems caused by forwards compatibility, please provide it.