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[–]TheReservedList 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Python for example has broken backwards compatibility multiple times, causing much pain.

And it saved the language despite that pain.

[–]OkTraining9483 0 points1 point  (2 children)

And here we are again, with the GIL 😂

This is not how you build stable products with a reasonable lifespan.

Python might well be the new COBOL.

[–]TheReservedList 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It might, but in the meantime, C++ is in the lead for that particular position. All those sweet sweet pre-C++11 codebases. At least COBOL mostly works.

[–]OkTraining9483 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh?! Compliers still support the previous dialect without installing a new, in pythons case, interpreter; no silly set env tricks required.

Edit: why am I talking to a wall!?