[de_watcher]

The whole point is to have backwards compatibility. It's just fascinating how they add or fix things without breaking the code.

Doing without backwards compatibility is easy: take Rust or D.

[Crinus]

> It's just fascinating how they add or fix things without breaking the code.

In the same way it is fascinating to watch a forest fire from afar.

[de_watcher]

This hostility is tiring.

The ability to avoid rewriting is a practical thing.