corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months agoSteam is a ticking time bombwww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down123
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkSteam is a ticking time bombwww.spacebar.newscorbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square161fedilink
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoIt takes non-trivial effort to change the defaults of an IDE/compiler to also support EOL OSes, and a ton more effort if supporting an older version means you have to write a lot of different code for it due to not supporting new APIs.
It takes non-trivial effort to change the defaults of an IDE/compiler to also support EOL OSes, and a ton more effort if supporting an older version means you have to write a lot of different code for it due to not supporting new APIs.