From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 18/02/2026 1:13 am, 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.   
   > ...   
      
   But surely you have broken clients' code e.g. floating-point output.    
   Presumably   
   it was justified as 'short-term pain for long-term gain'.  Similarly Forth-94,   
   dual-xt etc etc.  AFAICS it comes down to what one personally feels to be the   
   right thing.  If the will exists, customer reaction is a matter of management.   
      
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