We Almost Always Get the Default Wrong
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This week we chat with Vittorio Romeo about the pros and cons of backwards compatibility in C++, and his proposal to get the best of both worlds: Epochs.
As well as language compatibility, we also discuss _ABI_ compatibility - why breaking these things is such a problem, but how _not_ breaking them is increasingly becoming a problem.
We also, finally, get an answer to the age of question of, 'how many programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?'
We Almost Always Get the Default Wrong