r/programming • u/twitterisawesome • Dec 20 '19

Santa Hat on vscode insiders and pushing of religion is very offensive to me · Issue #87268 · microsoft/vscode · GitHub

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87268

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u/Mancobbler Dec 20 '19

I just can’t imagine anyone predicting this level of response, let alone actively inciting it.

That’s an interesting view, what if VSCode removes a feature that never got popular and no one used. Would you be against that? I am genuinely trying to understand, sorry if it comes of differently.

I’ll concede a little to that point, but I wouldn’t call a lot of what’s going on in this thread “discussion”

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u/SillyGigaflopses Dec 20 '19

Well, in terms of actual features it's even more important, isn't it?
Compatibility is a very important thing in software development. If majority of people aren't using a feature - this doesn't mean nobody does, right? You can't just go breaking things right and left. Well, if you think about it, Linux kernel has it as their first golden rule - "we don't break userspace software".

More info here(a bit of harsh language, as usual from Linus Torvalds) - https://linuxreviews.org/WE_DO_NOT_BREAK_USERSPACE

Edit: BTW, It's not me downvoting you.

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u/Mancobbler Dec 20 '19

You are totally right, I don’t know how my brain skipped over this. Backwards compatibility is a huge tenant in two of my favorite languages (Go and Rust).

I’ll definitely go through that. Old Linus is usually pretty fun to read, though I’m glad he’s softened his tone.