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I hope you stay away from GCC as well, which for example broke C++ in 4.7.0 and fixed it in 4.7.2. Any new major release is bound to break something for someon
by jzwinck 11y ago
I hope you stay away from GCC as well, which for example broke C++ in 4.7.0 and fixed it in 4.7.2.
Any new major release is bound to break something for someone. Prudence suggests adopting a major release only after a few months. This applies to all platforms.
- loevborg 11y agoThis is not true. Some platforms, such as Clojure, are usually very stable once released, and there is rarely the need for point releases, as the code was stabilized during the alpha/rc periods.
- samcheng 11y agoYou're right; I was a bit harsh. I'm just really conservative platform-wise - Node is just starting to get there. The Node/npm ecosystem does still feel a bit wobbly as an application platform, though, kind of like Ruby was five years ago...