Re^7: Perl 5 interpreter

The car industry still uses the same bolts (i.e. same dimension and shape) to fix wheels it used 21 years ago (AFAIK). And probably for the same reason, backwards compatibility/standard compliance

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Re^8: Perl 5 interpreter by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 12, 2011 at 10:30 UTC
The car industry still uses the same bolts (i.e. same dimension and shape) to fix wheels it used 21 years ago Actually, the almost everything about wheel studs has changed in that time. From the specification of the steel, to the self-locking properties of the threads (fit tolorances), to the torque settings. But even if they hadn't, the equivalent might be that C99 uses mostly the same keywords as K&R. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]

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Re^8: Perl 5 interpreter
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 12, 2011 at 10:30 UTC

The car industry still uses the same bolts (i.e. same dimension and shape) to fix wheels it used 21 years ago

Actually, the almost everything about wheel studs has changed in that time. From the specification of the steel, to the self-locking properties of the threads (fit tolorances), to the torque settings.

But even if they hadn't, the equivalent might be that C99 uses mostly the same keywords as K&R.

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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