> why do you believe existing software should break? What value do you see in it? Does it have any value at all? How exactly can a _new_ standard cause existin

> why do you believe existing software should break? What value do you see in it? Does it have any value at all? How exactly can a _new_ standard cause existing software compiling on an old standard to break? EDIT: As to the value, I've mentioned elsewhere in this thread; we know a lot more about the practice of programming than when C++ was created and standardised. Why would we say those design decisions can never be questioned or changed? It locks into place choices we never knew were bad, until they caused decades of problems. > that would violate the goals and prioritites of the C++ as established by the C++ standardization committee. Correct. It's these goals and priorities that are being criticised.