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I don't work with Perl anymore, but the same problem has played out in the Ruby space, with the same conclusions.
by mechanical_fish 14y ago
I don't work with Perl anymore, but the same problem has played out in the Ruby space, with the same conclusions.
- kbenson 14y agoI think this is the natural state of things for any successful language. Useful languages will be used. Used languages will evolve. Evolution may introduce problems with code written to an older version. People that rely on older code will have some resistance to newer versions. A natural friction will arise between those who wish stability in order to maintain, and those who which change in order to evolve. IMHO if nobody cares about breaking older stuff, that just means that nothing useful has been written yet.