On 2016-07-25 18:01, Volker Braun wrote:
A language that did not change in the last 20 years is dead, plain and simple.
I totally agree with this. Backwards compatibility is good to have, but it doesn't stand above everything else. A good example that comes to my mind is LaTeX: packages constantly need to reinvent the wheel because fixing a broken wheel is backwards-incompatible.
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