> [Fixing the bug] was simply not possible and there were applications that relied on this behavior [so now that it's technically possible to fix it, it would b

> [Fixing the bug] was simply not possible and there were applications that relied on this behavior [so now that it's technically possible to fix it, it would break compatibility so much we actually can't fix it anyway.] I'm beginning to wonder if it's possible to design a platform complex enough to be usable without running into this problem.