[Haskell-cafe] Backward compatibility

[Bardur Arantsson]

On 05/03/2013 06:49 PM, Edward Kmett wrote:
> "Tantamount to a new language" to fix a minor detail in a typeclass
> hierarchy? That is just histrionic. *No* language is that stable.
> 
> Scala makes dozens of changes like that between *minor* versions, and while
> I hardly hold up their development practices as the best in the industry it
> is still somehow seen as enterprise ready.
> 
> -Edward

Indeed. It's all turned into absurd hyperbole at this point.

Regards,