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Re:Carbon is not a programming language (sort of) by pjmlp on Sunday February 09, 2025 @06:03AM (#42989908)
C++ already had quite a few incompatible changes, your C++98 code will not compile in a C++23 mode compiler, if lucky enough to use one of such features.
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Re:Carbon is not a programming language (sort of) by eej71 on Sunday February 09, 2025 @06:53AM (#42990100)
Ok, so could we agree that then doubling down on even more breaking changes is likely to create more codebases stuck at these "evolutionary bottlenecks"?

Whenever I hear someone say - "Gee, the only path ahead is a breaking change, sorry charlie!", what I really hear is - "I gave up thinking up a solution on how to do it an evolutionary way and I am lazy and just want to declare a revolution!".

There is always a pathway ahead on the evolutionary path. That's the premise at least.

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