Subj : Re: OT: horrible 8086 segmentation
To   : Lawrence D'Oliveiro
From : Charlie Gibbs
Date : Wed Dec 18 2024 18:02:34

On 2024-12-18, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:42:18 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> Intel put the "backward" in "backward compatible".
>
> I recall the term “backward combatible” used to describe the feelings of
> violence some people had towards the requirement for backward
> compatibility with certain kinds of brain death ...

Then there's "bug-compatible", where so many people and systems
have adapted to an existing bug that you can't fix it without
breaking just about everything - so any future versions have
to also contain the bug, or at least a good emulation of it.

If at first you don't succeed, you might as well forget it.

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