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10 Aug 2024 03:23:42 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Another question on backward compatibility  
From: Ken
Date: 18 Mar 2000 10:53:49
Message: <38D3A5B9.73B1F469@pacbell.net>
Chris Huff wrote:

> And while it might be nice to have the older versions officially
> available alongside the new ones(for features like halo and the older
> syntax without interior), I think they would just make support harder.

Not to mention that older versions have bugs that newer versions were
made to correct. There is good reason to stop supporting older versions
of the program while still providing backward compatibility many of
which have already been explained in the other replies to this thread.

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