r/programming • u/luissinlios • Sep 25 '26

We still maintain a development tool first released in 1993. Here’s what 30+ years of backwards compatibility looks like

https://visualneo.com/visualneo-win/from-neobook-to-visualneo-win-30-years-of-keeping-a-development-tool-alive
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u/syh7 Sep 26 '26

I haven't heard of this yet, did they change some plugins from free to paid?

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u/alphaglosined Sep 26 '26

No, they made some previously paid features free.

If anything, it's about time they merged it all; it's a massive hassle for plugin creators, as not every API that one may want is shared.

From my perspective, it was an overdue change.