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Not all features have to do anything with backward compatibilities. I agree with the fact that features should be added with caution cause new features can inte
by riyadparvez 7y ago
Not all features have to do anything with backward compatibilities. I agree with the fact that features should be added with caution cause new features can interact with existing features in a non-trivial way that will introduce lot of edge cases. But it's hard to see why a feature like text block would introduce more complexities.
- vips7L 7y agoBecause once a feature is introduced it needs to be supported for eternity, every feature has to do with backwards compat. The language designers need to make sure the features are exactly what we want and need before introducing something half baked.
- vbezhenar 7y agoThey failed few times (checked exceptions, raw types, plenty of JDK classes like Vector, Date, LinkedList and so on) yet we survived.