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> There's hardly any other API with that kind of backwards compatibility. X11/Xlib, though obviously you have to do the GUI bits yourself (but then you mention
by badsectoracula 3y ago
> There's hardly any other API with that kind of backwards compatibility.
X11/Xlib, though obviously you have to do the GUI bits yourself (but then you mentioned VT100 terminal codes so i guess that is acceptable).
Also AFAIK Motif is backwards compatible going back to the 90s.
- vetinari 3y agoMotif is compatible, because it is dead.
- pjmlp 3y agoWell, there is Open Motif for those that feel like using it.
- badsectoracula 3y agoI meant OpenMotif as pjmlp mentioned. These days it seems to mainly receive patches to keep it working but it maintained API (and ABI where possible) compatibility even when it was more actively developed as it was a design choice, not a byproduct of not receiving updates. AFAIK it is how Lesstif managed to be a (mostly) drop-in binary compatible alternative to Motif before the latter became open source.