> Linux has maintained backwards compat for decades, there really isn't much exc...

		paulryanrogers on Oct 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's in a version number? (Or: Musings on backwa... > Linux has maintained backwards compat for decades, there really isn't much excuse. In what way? IIRC there is no stable ABI in Linux. Regardless maintaining backward compatibility forever is non-trivial. Besides Java I can't think of another major platform still actively supporting their v1.0 work.

Syscalls are the stable ABI in Linux.