> Can you imagine what our ABIs will look like if we're still hacking in kludges for another 40+ years? Stable, reliable and backward compatible? Extensions a

> Can you imagine what our ABIs will look like if we're still hacking in kludges for another 40+ years? Stable, reliable and backward compatible? Extensions are a better way to grow widely used APIs. They put a burden on the implementor, but don't force thousands of consumers on the eternal treadmill of obsolescence.