> But Bash devs know that their users won't always have the bleeding edge and don't use $latest stuff as soon as it's released. Frankly, it's more that we have

> But Bash devs know that their users won't always have the bleeding edge and don't use $latest stuff as soon as it's released. Frankly, it's more that we have no idea which shell (nevermind the version) the code will run onto and keep on relying on old api and luck...