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nix23 · 2022-10-11 13:17:22

That's why i specifically wrote -> stable...

mhkool | karma 388 | avg karma 1.16 · | 2019-07-16 14:14:12+00:00

correct, and that is why I think stable is an important feature.

CRConrad | karma 2469 | avg karma 0.51 · | 2022-08-29 06:26:29

To be fair, "stable" also means "can stand up without falling over", which in a computer context gives it the secondary meaning (besides "unchanging") of "doesn't crash", which is very easily interpreted by the layman as "not beset by bugs that make it crash".

tawm | karma 309 | avg karma 5.72 · | 2015-06-01 03:23:08

Could you elaborate on the stability part of your comment?

joeyo | karma 1576 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2009-07-21 03:17:14+00:00

Stable?

hutzlibu | karma 9787 | avg karma 1.64 · | 2020-11-01 18:06:38

Stable?

nate_meurer | karma 4594 | avg karma 2.88 · | 2023-05-16 23:53:13

Stable in what way?

evilgjb | karma 86 | avg karma 10.75 · | 2014-01-19 19:45:12+00:00

'-STABLE' refers to ABI/KBI stability.

tehlike | karma 4415 | avg karma 1.89 · | 2017-12-31 06:47:16+00:00

"stable".

sampo | karma 11354 | avg karma 4.19 · | 2014-01-17 17:08:08

So unstable is reasonably stable?

mfukar | karma 2455 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2015-08-27 03:34:30

Well, it's not called "stable".

uasm | karma 113 | avg karma 1.3 · | 2019-02-18 06:51:52+00:00

Why do they call it "stable" then?

sfpotter | karma 903 | avg karma 2.08 · | 2024-03-04 15:49:32

Why should it be more stable?

blablabla123 | karma 1744 | avg karma 1.13 · | 2018-07-24 08:57:19

I think the title should rather be "write stable architecture", this is kind of misleading. The code can still be unstable according to this ;)

tracker1 | karma 11460 | avg karma 1.11 · | 2019-03-04 20:05:46+00:00

"it's unstable, but not that unstable"

Filligree | karma 7814 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2018-05-12 16:03:50+00:00

You mean, it's stable. That sounds like a good reason to use it, not to avoid it.

henryfjordan | karma 2361 | avg karma 3.58 · | 2019-12-19 23:10:19+00:00

Thanks for explaining! I suppose I've been using "unstable" a bit too liberally in this thread.

pluma | karma 7253 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2016-07-04 17:02:50+00:00

It's a bit weird to list "stable" as an advantage in the current mess, though.

diffeomorphism | karma 3446 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2019-07-07 07:22:19+00:00

So, not stable. Stable in this context means "stable foundation" or "static" and is unrelated to "not crashing".

phyzome | karma 3891 | avg karma 3.37 · | 2018-07-10 16:25:15

Fine, meta-stable. :-)