Language Stability vs. Program Stability

4 points by ricecat 2 days ago

In software engineering, we often hear terms like “stability,” but context is everything. There's a subtle yet important distinction between language stability and program stability, and confusing the two leads to flawed arguments, misguided tool choices, and bad engineering tradeoffs.

Let’s clarify what each really means.

https://www.gizvault.com/archives/lang-stability-and-prog-stability