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Re:How I turned Zig into my favorite language to write netwo... by kunley on Monday October 27, 2025 @04:29AM (#45718553)
Hmm, if one writes a library Zetalib for the language Frob v0.14 and then Frob v0.15 introduces breaking changes that everyone else is going to adapt to, then well, package managers and version control is going to help indeed - they will help in staying in a void as no one will use Zetalib anymore because of the older Frob.
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Re:How I turned Zig into my favorite language to write netwo... by all2 on Monday October 27, 2025 @11:40AM (#45722236)
For libs, yes, for applications dev, no.

I would expect fixing an application to an older version would be just fine, so long as you don't need newer language features. If newer language features are a requirement, I would expect that would drive refactoring or selecting a different implementation language entirely if refactoring would prove to be too onerous.

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