>If the major version were to change, there wouldn't be any need for backward compatibility with the existing code,
I have no idea where you get this idea from. I expect gcc v28 to be able to compile C++ from 2008, and I'm not alone in that.
>If the major version were to change, there wouldn't be any need for backward compatibility with the existing code,
I have no idea where you get this idea from. I expect gcc v28 to be able to compile C++ from 2008, and I'm not alone in that.
I completely agree with you.
That said, I wish code written for gcc v28 didn't have to be binary compatible with C++ that was last compiled in 2008...