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Meanwhile in the real world: Windows software still runs 20 years after in compatibility mode
by ohgodplsno 5y ago
Meanwhile in the real world:
Windows software still runs 20 years after in compatibility mode
- frosted-flakes 5y agoThe binary still runs, but can you re-compile from source?
- ithkuil 5y agoAs long as you keep your old tool chains and old dependencies etc etc
- colejohnson66 5y agoTechnical debt has a cost. Raymond Chen has countless blog posts about what it takes keeping backwards compatibility working. For example, an update to some part that should not break anything actually ends up breaking an app because the developers decided to monkey patch based on a match of a byte string or whatever that ended up changed. The only reason WINE works is because of a massive community effort to reimplement those bugs that Windows is forced to keep.