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“Ian’s concern is simple: he wants backwards compatibility. In
the vernacular, this means old applications must not malfunction in
new systems. He recognizes, at the same time, that backwards
compatibility is perceived as a rather laborious and unrewarding
task, especially impeded due to the nature of our distributed
development efforts.“He’s right about that, and I’m thankful that he’s pushing for
more backwards compatibility. Let’s understand why.”
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