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By George V. Neville-Neil
Communications of the ACM,
Vol. 59 No. 10, Pages 24-25
10.1145/2988447
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Dear KV,
Why do so many programmers insist on numbering APIs when they version them? Is there really no better way to upgrade an API than adding a number on the end? And why are so many systems named "NG" when they're clearly just upgraded versions?
API2NG
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Xiaofeng Li
Maybe 'nng' or '2ng' for the second Next Generation. Saves typing. :D