Breaking backwards compatiblity

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Walter Bright" <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
news:jjelk7$7fm$1 at digitalmars.com...
> On 3/9/2012 3:09 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> Keep in mind, too, that Linux has decades of legacy and millions of 
>> users.
>> That's a *very* different situation from Phobos. Apples and oranges.
>
> Linux has had a habit of not breaking existing code from decades ago. I 
> think that is one reason why it has millions of users.
>
> Remember, every time you break existing code you reset your user base back 
> to zero.
>
> I'm *still* regularly annoyed by the writefln => writeln change in D1 to 
> D2, and I agreed to that change. Grrrr.

Are you kidding me? I'm *thrilled* with how much of an improvement writeln 
is *every time I use it*.

Seriously how the hell did writeln ever hurst *anyone*? We're bitching about 
trivialities here.