> To which I simply don't have an answer. D does it with gradual deprecation, and not too much at once, it is the best for deprecating stuff (you don't need to

> To which I simply don't have an answer. D does it with gradual deprecation, and not too much at once, it is the best for deprecating stuff (you don't need to fix your code immediately) but there is always a residual complaining from people that assume there will be no work to maintain software. In reality someone maintain your compiler/runtime, and their needs are part of your stack.