Re: Major change approaching - what to add?
"David E. Wheeler" <[email protected]> Tue, 3 Dec 2013 08:53:39 -0800
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On Dec 2, 2013, at 6:52 AM, Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat-OBsWIXOx2dj5biAcZU4ayZQr3R+un/[email protected]> wrote: > The problem with this is that 'new perls' means 'not > backwards-compatible language changes' which is a problem for people > with existing code written to work with 'old perls'. There are very few backwards-incompatible changes in Perl. Many of us would like to see even more, as the inherent conservatism slows language development. OTOH, when I need to update an old system, I’m really grateful that I rarely have to change anything -- fix new warnings, most often. Best, David