[3pt14159]

> At the risk of this being interpreted as trolling; don't we have this, for crucial OS interfaces at least?

For crucial OS interfaces, yes. For the ecosystem of libraries and packages, no. But ultimately Linux is more than just crucial interfaces. The ecosystem of applications and libraries that we need to get anything really useful done does constantly change, and it would be nice if there was a OS + programming language + culture for "forever apps" that are designed to work for centuries without a material risk of an auto-update breaking anything.

Sort of how Rust is designed around safety, that's what would be nice. I know it wouldn't be perfect, for the reasons I listed above, but for the areas where we are at least trying to have things work for good I think it would materially help.

[zokier]

> The ecosystem of applications and libraries that we need to get anything really useful done

I'd argue that you can get lot of useful things done with plain POSIX/C

> a OS + programming language + culture for "forever apps"

Isn't POSIX + C exactly that? Sure, not many people stick within those bounds, but those who do tend to care a lot about not breaking stuff.

[pjmlp]

yeah, except POSIX and C also aren't set in stone, also evolve, deprecate stuff, remove features, just like everything else.