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Ask HN: What has good backward compatibility?

• eternityforest 2y ago
  Retro game console emulators USB 0.5 and 0.7mm pencils Spoken language dialects Web Browsers PDFs Power outlets FRS radios Metric screw threads One of these days I want to make, unless someone else does it first, an awesome list that celebrates things that are thoroughly standardized.
• akasakahakada 2y ago
  Mathematics. Your new theory need to be compatible with proven theories.
• anonzzzies 2y ago
  Windows, Common Lisp, PHP? What are you looking for specifically?
• thesuperbigfrog 2y ago
  Microsoft Windows: https://www.neowin.net/news/fun-experiment-reveals-just-how-incredibly-backward-compatible-windows-can-be/ https://www.neowin.net/news/fun-experiment-reveals-just-how-...