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On breaking thingsOn breaking thingsPosted Dec 1, 2010 20:20 UTC (Wed) by RogerOdle (subscriber, #60791)In reply to: On breaking things by mpr22 Parent article: On breaking things
That is very true but some people are forward looking though. It doesn't help that their source of income can be changed because a core component works differently after an upgrade. Upgrades are important for security and stability. They can not be ignored. Planning for a change like memcpy is better than hitting people cold.
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On breaking things Posted Dec 2, 2010 9:04 UTC (Thu) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link] People responsible enough to be forward-looking about these things should be expected to have read the documentation for the APIs they use, and to accept that if they used an API contrary to the established international standard, it's 100% their fault and their responsibility when their program breaks.
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