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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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