Reconstructing an obsolete toolchain is a nightmare. I think it's great that there are languages like FreePascal, C, and Common Lisp, which make an effort to t

Reconstructing an obsolete toolchain is a nightmare. I think it's great that there are languages like FreePascal, C, and Common Lisp, which make an effort to think in terms of decades. The existence of these languages frees everyone else up to break compatibility when they want to, because projects which need strong stability guarantees can chose these languages for that project.