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That is the point of backwards compatibility. It is a feature, not a bug. Whether that feature is a good idea or not and to what degree, is the question.

• Quekid5 7y ago
  ... but it's worth considering that this is a 'question' from 2010. Just saying...
• downerending 7y ago
  I'm not saying it's a bug. I'm saying that backwards compatibility means that you still have to deal with all of the historic flaws of the language today. The article is indeed still relevant.
  • UncleMeat 7y ago
    But that’s true for literally everything. If you have a cpp code base and are building new stuff in rust to interop then you still have legacy cpp code even though rust has fewer problems.
    • KptMarchewa 7y ago
      Not really. Legacy stuff can be contained. For example, you could specify language version level in file and it would disable removed/deprecated stuff.
      • UncleMeat 7y ago
        Linters can prevent you from using outdated C++ constructs with ease.