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Sure, from a user perspective, but not from an operative perspective: in the cases of live binary patching, Microsoft required to call the application developer
by pizza234 3y ago
Sure, from a user perspective, but not from an operative perspective: in the cases of live binary patching, Microsoft required to call the application developer to be legally clear; in orther cases, APIs behave differently based on the executable being run. There's a lot more than just keeping the API stable.
- justin66 3y agoI get that my initial comment was a bit of a throwaway, but I can unpack it a bit. I think it’s a mistake to regard a working backward compatibility functionality as deficient because it requires maintenance and the cooperation of the parties involved. That’s just… engineering, right?