"Rowan Collins" wrote in message news:54bce8f5.5080...@gmail.com...
Tony Marston wrote on 19/01/2015 10:37:
"Rowan Collins" wrote in message
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But the only benefits with the removal of old features is a smaller code
base for the core developers. The only "benefit" which is experienced in
userland is that applications which have run for over a decade suddenly
stop working.
Ah, so you admit there may be benefits? Again, I do not say that those
benefits are definitely enough to justify the change in this case, but they
are real, and I would like you to stop dismissing them.
There is a big difference if a BC break which causes a minor benefit to the
core developers also causes a major headache to the millions of developers
who are the customers, the people who use the language to develop
applications. The aim should be to eliminate customer grievances as much as
possible and not to simply ignore them.
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Tony Marston
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