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IMO too much backwards compatibility hinders progress. It's obviously not sustainable to be forever backwards compatible all the way to the 70s. I'd say old cod
by gerash 6y ago
IMO too much backwards compatibility hinders progress. It's obviously not sustainable to be forever backwards compatible all the way to the 70s. I'd say old code bases can simply stick with the older compiler.
As for whether it'd be considered a new language or not, it depends. I wouldn't consider Py3 a new language even though it's not backwards compatible.
- sesuximo 6y agoGeneral software tip: don't make a new version if you'll have to maintain the old and the new. It gets annoying real quick. much easier to tell your users to update and be reasonable with the changes I actually don't see a problem keeping the old syntax alive. I do see a problem with new programmers using obsolete constructs