What's the term for re-implementing an old API in terms of a newer API
- by dodgy_coder
The reason for doing it is to solve the case when a newer API is no longer backwards compatible with an older API.
To explain, just say that there is an old API v1.0. The maker of this API decides it is broken and works on a new API v1.1 that intentionally breaks compatibility with the old API v1.0. Now, any programs written against the old API…