[ On Tuesday, October 16, 2001 at 16:16:11 (-0700), Jason R Thorpe wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: stdio FILE extension
>
> Even if non-binary-only, it's really bad form to suddenly break
> previously-working programs ... and this WILL happen because
> it is an impossible task to coordinate the major number bump
> with every vendor, binary-only or not.

"suddenly" yes, not not on a major-release boundary.

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