On 03/10/2012 12:09 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
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"Walter Bright"<newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote in message
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This statement is from Linus Torvalds about breaking binary
compatibility:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/8/495
While I don't think we need to worry so much at the moment about breaking
binary compatibility with new D releases, we do have a big problem with
breaking source code compatibility.
This is why we need to have a VERY high bar for breaking changes.
Freezing things against breaking changes is all fine and good, but NOT
before they're reached a point where they're good enough to be frozen.
Premature freezing is how you create cruft and other such shit. Let's not
go jumping any guns here.
+1.
Keep in mind, too, that Linux has decades of legacy and millions of users.
That's a *very* different situation from Phobos. Apples and oranges.
+1.
