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by moonbug 1728 days ago
> a programming language and OS that does its best to not change

you've heard of this thing called Windows?
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selcuka 1728 days ago
Yes. Windows is extremely backwards compatible. This could be, ironically, one of the reasons some people don't like it too much. See Raymond Chen's The Old New Thing [1] for some technical details.

[1] http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780321440303/samplech...

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nitrogen 1728 days ago
The latest Windows update won't install for me. It pops up an error saying "Uninstall this app now. It is not compatible with Windows 10."

Yes, it says "now," in command form. And the app, VirtualBox, works just fine in Windows 10.

Doesn't seem very backwards compatible these days.

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GoblinSlayer 1728 days ago
If the program manifest doesn't advertize compatibility with the current version of the system, its window will be scaled.
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Jensson 1728 days ago
Since when do windows break most programs every few months? Having to write a patch every few years when Microsoft releases a new OS is pretty low maintenance. And most of the time windows is backwards compatible nowadays, so usually you don't even need to do that.

Most 10 year old games still runs on modern windows even without patches etc.

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