Had a system built around python1 that was still running in 2005. everything in that codebase was inhouse fork versions. It wouldn't have occurred to me to exp

Had a system built around python1 that was still running in 2005. everything in that codebase was inhouse fork versions. It wouldn't have occurred to me to expect the current versions of the tools i built on years ago to swap into the place of older code; even where we hadn't chopped the originals up in heinous ways in pursuit of our own goal. The grand "make" started with C compiler and libc. I'm not sure what the complaint is here: would it be better to go back to the GCC 2.95 period of stability? You want a compiler (and language) that doesn't change with the days opinions?