Top "Backwards-compatibility" questions

Backward compatibility refers to a software or hardware system that can successfully use interfaces and data from earlier versions of the system.

Application Data folder in Windows 7

I have Windows 7 64 bit installed on my system. I have a question about "C:\ProgramData\Application Data" folder. It is …

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Static analysis tool to detect ABI breaks in C++

It's not very hard to break binary backwards-compatibility of a DSO/shared library with a C++ interface. That said, is …

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