Comment by Hoff
14 years ago
This isn't a fun choice for the OS folks to make.
Backward-compatibility for cases such as this can lead to arcane and more complex code within the OS, to difficulty with adding enhancements and creating fixes in the future, and creates larger target areas for folks that are attempting security attacks, and more complex testing.
Bug-for-bug application compatibility is not without costs.
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