Why Matlab remove old functions?
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Sushil
on 28 Jun 2020
Commented: Walter Roberson
on 30 Jun 2020
I am used to using simple function and I see that Matlab has removed this function. Why does Matlab remove the function, when they can overload functions very easily, rather than making us relearn new functions?
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Walter Roberson
on 28 Jun 2020
simple() is part of the Symbolic Mathematics Toolbox. The underlying representation of the Symbolic Toolbox has been changing, so Mathworks has to update all existing functions that use the symbolic engine. Holding on to old functions is not "free": they have to rewrite the internal parts and they have to test them.
simple() was removed some time before R2015a.
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Walter Roberson
on 30 Jun 2020
No, that is not the reason. Python has its own problems with backwards compatibility.
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