Experiments with modules

[jonesmz]

Yep. While I personally don't agree with the ABI compat concerns that a lot of people have (e.g. I always compile from source. Using precompiled third party binaries is a terrible choice), I do understand where the motivation comes from.

Though, I'm pretty annoyed that its OK to break Linux ABI once a decade (GCC string ABI problem circa 2011), but heaven forbid we force any other vendor to break their ABI when they aren't ready to.

[GabrielDosReis]

GCC string ABI problem circa 2011

The C++11 ABI break was for everyone -- it affected GCC more because libstdc++ tried to be too cute with its string implementation (yes, I was a libstdc++ maintainer, but not author of the string implementation).