Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:07:56 -0500, Walter Bright
<[email protected]> wrote:
Backward compatibility doesn't mean that the old systems have to
support new features. It just means that the old features continue to
work on the new systems. I have a lot of software built for Win95 that
still works fine <g>. Even the DOS programs still work.
Your argument was about building programs on MacOS 10.5 that crash on
10.4. That's like building programs on Windows XP and expecting them to
run flawlessly on Windows 98.
Although, I will say, having a Hello World executable throw a bus error
is a little over the top in breaking backwards compatibility :)
-Steve
Apple is a bit over the top. It really seems they don't give a damn
about backwards compatibility. Yet they've stayed in business. I think
there's a lesson in that.
