I just wanted to share this because these kind of well thought out, deliberate, and maybe even slow release schedules make me happy. Especially for programming languages. There are well-supported releases of incompatible versions with a long enough overlap and plenty of advanced notice that people can update and migrate on a schedule that makes sense for them and they can plan for it accordingly. And as a developer, I'm not constantly having to figure out what's suddenly changed and figuring out the new right way of doing things.
Maybe my perception of reality isn't all that accurate, but it surprises me that so many other popular languages don't seem to value this sort of development. Many people don't seem to like languages like Tcl or C, but you know exactly what you're getting if you use them, and there's value there that I appreciate.
fithisux•9mo ago
A package manager like R's package manager or Julia's package manager or Pip would be also a good approach.
0x0203•9mo ago
Maybe my perception of reality isn't all that accurate, but it surprises me that so many other popular languages don't seem to value this sort of development. Many people don't seem to like languages like Tcl or C, but you know exactly what you're getting if you use them, and there's value there that I appreciate.