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Comment by valenterry

5 years ago

There is difference between bugs that make a type-system unsound and the actual fundamental design / specification that makes it unsound. The former is easily possible but also easy to fix. The latter is sometimes impossible to fix without breaking compatibility to a degree that makes it impossible to do so.

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