> Both Bill Gates and Linus understand backwards compatibility as a sacrosanct principle. I will always bang the drum for Java for doing this well. Making chan

> Both Bill Gates and Linus understand backwards compatibility as a sacrosanct principle. I will always bang the drum for Java for doing this well. Making changes to a heavily used language is _hard_. Sure, the speed of progress can be slow, but Java has managed to introduce major improvements (and deprecations) without causing a schism. That deserves respect.