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Aug 6, 2018 at 00:08
I feel like programming languages are iterating faster in the 2010s than the 2000s. For example, Java and C++ are changing faster now. Perhaps it's easier to ship new language features in today's systems? More of a culture of upgrading compilers? Fewer installed desktop apps?

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Do users of immutable systems (i.e Nix or Guix) upgrade more or less often than other platforms? There's less pressure to upgrade (unlike a rolling release distro) but in principle upgrading is easier.
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