On 3 Nov 2009 09:58:50 -0800, rfocht...@ync.net (Rick Fochtman) wrote: >Yes, compatability must be maintained, as ugly as it may be. Making a >major change now, after 45+ years, could cause major chaos and >discontent in MANY shops.
Maybe in this case, the benefit wouldn't be worth the cost in shops that had poor programming. But in general, backwards compatibility is over-valued and the costs of backwards compatibility are under-valued. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
