>Hi Hilmar,
>
>one point that I haven't seen made is that improvements in the IDE in the later versions alone could justify the upgrade. The developers could upgrade, but still compile in the older versions (once they've not used any of the new language constructs).
I am well aware that there are worth-while improvements in the newer versions. The real question was, in actual practice, why do many people stick to older versions, despite these improvements. I have my reasons; other people might have others.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
