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Execpt for server-side languages that's nearly always the case

• kuschku 11y ago
  Where? Java has such short maintainable cycles that Java 7 was dropped before Java 8 became used, and compiled languages (think C, C++, Haskell) always work. Are there any other languages relevant for non-server usage?
• donatj 11y ago
  You can quite easily choose your version. There are virtual hosts out there supporting any version of anything. This problem is largely solved.
• goldbrick 11y ago
  That's nearly never the case, unless you are running uncompiled scripts downloaded from the internet with no version manifest, in which case that's also horrible.
• eridius 11y ago
  For scripting languages, sure. For compiled languages, you can choose whatever version you want, since the end user gets a binary blob instead of source code (and even if they're building from source, their package manager should be able to download the required build dependencies for them).