I give it a lot of weight. Microsofts releases are backwards compatible in many cases, and when not, they always have a detailed transition path. Their changes

I give it a lot of weight. Microsofts releases are backwards compatible in many cases, and when not, they always have a detailed transition path. Their changes are never motivated by having to change to suit an upstream packages new version, and their entire codebase is cohesive. Its what I like in a compiler: a stable tool that I never worry about.