Backward Compatibility – Backward compatibility means that newer software versions continue to work with older interfaces or data without error. In Forex robots, maintaining backward compatibility could mean an EA built with the new compiler still functions on older terminal builds, or that its data files remain readable. When a release is backward-compatible, users can upgrade without breaking existing setups. Semantic Versioning explicitly encodes compatibility in its version scheme (major version changes indicate breaking compatibility).

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