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You can make the same argument about breaking changes. Code is constantly changing and needs to be updated, so breaking backwards compatibility is zero-cost?

In reality each change that requires updates to documentation (or code) is of course not actually zero cost.




Not only can you, we often do in the circles I've run in.

Adapt or die is the motto out here.


> Adapt or die is the motto out here

This is pretty much the view of the left now :p




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