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> It's just buggy, not dead. However there should be a point when backward compatibility should be dropped, if you want to keep maintaining a sane codebase and
by alacombe 6y ago
> It's just buggy, not dead. However there should be a point when backward compatibility should be dropped, if you want to keep maintaining a sane codebase and interface, or force a "better" way of doing things.
Not when millions of people rely on working computers, and as much third party peripherals.
- slmjkdbtl 6y agoThen I'm interested to know when, what's the number of years, should we drop backwards compatibility for a certain version of interface, if ever. I'm sure there're still a lot of punch card programs and today no new system support it. Also there's always a option to not use the new technology that dropped backwards compatibility, which is why many people still buy second hand game consoles and casette players. I love them, but I accept the fact that they're no longer backward compatible with new devices.