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> The devs are ultra-conservative and stubborn to cause BC even at major version bumps Well, breaking backwards-compatibility comes at a cost. Avoiding another
by TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
> The devs are ultra-conservative and stubborn to cause BC even at major version bumps
Well, breaking backwards-compatibility comes at a cost. Avoiding another PHP 4/5 or Python 2/3 situation is the goal. It doesn't mean nothing gets changed: PHP 7 has a long list of backwards-compatibility breaks.