From: Alexandru Popescu Date: 2006-09-17T22:52:57+09:00 Subject: Re: the future of Ruby On 9/17/06, Francis Cianfrocca wrote: > On 9/17/06, Joan Iglesias wrote: > > > > and because there isn't a big company behind (like in Java), that forces > > backward compatibility ALWAYS. > > > Java has a long and annoying history of breaking older versions. Can you please point me to real examples? Java is one of the few languages I know that has guaranteed backward compatibility. So, I would really like to hear real examples, otherwise this sounds like missinforming. And please do not mix backward compatibility with bugs. ./alex -- .w( the_mindstorm )p. > of the reasons why companies that ship Java-based products generally require > a specific Java version. And Sun, in their infinite wisdom, made it a > violation of their license to ship a runtime package that you know will work > with your code, so this solution is only available to companies that are > able and willing to pay Sun to make an exception for them. > > Microsoft and Intel are the companies that have always been really > aggressive about preserving back-compatibility. And developers have rewarded > them richly for it. > >