From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:02:34 GMT   
   Charlie Gibbs  wrote:   
      
   > On 2024-12-18, Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >   
   > > On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:42:18 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> Intel put the "backward" in "backward compatible".   
   > >   
   > > I recall the term “backward combatible” used to describe the feelings   
   of   
   > > violence some people had towards the requirement for backward   
   > > compatibility with certain kinds of brain death ...   
   >   
   > Then there's "bug-compatible", where so many people and systems   
   > have adapted to an existing bug that you can't fix it without   
   > breaking just about everything - so any future versions have   
   > to also contain the bug, or at least a good emulation of it.   
      
   Qwerty keyboards being a prime example.   
      
      
   Bah, and indeed Humbug.   
      
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