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by ubercore 1092 days ago
That ignores any other libraries you use which may not make the same choice as you.
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temp51723 1092 days ago
It doesn't. You stick to the version of those libraries at work with that version of the compiler- like every other language.
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ObscureScience 1092 days ago
The difference is that most other language are backwards compatible to a fault (it's hard to have the stability cake and eat improvements)
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ubercore 1092 days ago
That's fine in a vacuum, but I feel like you'd very quickly run into the need for a security update, or some external API that changes, etc. You can't ignore all externalities, usually.
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