Re: Censorship in php
| From: | Helmut Tessarek | Date: | Sun, 22 Dec 2013 01:34:24 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Censorship in php | ||
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On 21.12.13 20:25 , Kris Craig wrote:
> I don't think he's saying we should "break" PHP. I think he's saying
> that
> we tend to be overly worried about maintaining BC even on bad
> functionality, an assessment that I agree with. Maintaining BC religiously
> on minor increments is understandable. Breaking BC on a major release
> increment is not only ok, I would say it's even expected. Also keep in
> mind that big-timers like Facebook and Yahoo! aren't going to blindly
> upgrade to the latest version without first making sure their code is up to
> current standards (which they should be doing, anyway).
+1
> Relevant: http://xkcd.com/1172/
+1
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