In article <10n1t1e$1qn3f$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Stephen Pelc   wrote:   
   >On 17 Feb 2026 at 05:07:48 CET, "Krishna Myneni"    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >> Make what you will about it. In my experience, for-profit companies tend   
   >> to be conservative about introducing new features, especially if they   
   >> think customers won't want it.   
   >>   
   >> Revisions to the kForth-64 code to support recognizers are in progress.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> Krishna Myneni   
   >   
   >We are not really conservative about new features, but we are really, really   
   >conservative about breaing clients' existing code. In other words, changing   
   >how things work is much more dangerous than adding new operations.   
   >   
   >Breaking client code leads to screams and immediate angry calls and   
   >emails. We make great efforts not to break an app with over one million   
   >lines of Forth source code. We do not have access to most client code.   
      
   I introduced PREFIX (mini recognizers) and nobody could notice.   
   It changed implementation of numbers, and made possible a $ prefix,   
   and normal strings. However all previous programs kept on working.   
      
   Giving out day by day updates, where a serious client is obliged to   
   validate the whole compiler again, is a nono by my book.   
      
   >   
   >Stephen   
      
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