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* '''Keep''', the terms source and binary compatibility are of long standing (e.g. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bIXEQX8svOoC&pg=PA273&lpg=PA273&dq=%22Source-code+compatibility%22&source=bl&ots=Q5jUjsgJQe&sig=VtEY09m27U7nTTNEsvtk5Ie4d9I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiW5eW69fPaAhXKVsAKHbjEDck4ChDoAQhJMAg#v=onepage&q=%22Source-code%20compatibility%22&f=false from 2002]) and clearly opposed definition. I do hope the deleted links will be restored promptly. [[User:Chiswick Chap|Chiswick Chap]] ([[User talk:Chiswick Chap|talk]]) 15:32, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
:: The term goes back to at least the 1970s, just from the mentions we already have, in relation to new generations of microprocessor.
:: I suspect that the term might go back as far as the 1950s, and [[Tony Brooker]]'s very first uses of [[Autocode]], this being one of the justifications for it. [[User:Andy Dingley|Andy Dingley]] ([[User talk:Andy Dingley|talk]]) 15:50, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
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