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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I tend to think if a system is designed right to start
> with, backwards compatibility isn't so bad.
Yes. In my experience, the biggest backward compatibility problem is when
you go from a very limited special-purpose something and slowly and
progressively turn it step by step into something tremendously general.
Think, say, of XML being used to specify a programming language.
If you have lots of defaults that nobody ever uses, or lots of syntax to
indicate old-style vs new style, you're probably screwed.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"How did he die?" "He got shot in the hand."
"That was fatal?"
"He was holding a live grenade at the time."
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