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<p>The Proj.4 library is more a standard nowadays! You don't start to rewrite it - it is already written! -- You just add new projections and fix possible old bugs etc.</p>
<p>Take for example GNU gcc .. they have lot of material which is coming from the 1970's - string libraries for example! They NEVER touch those!! NEVER .. I repeat.</p>
<p>Or how about OpenGL libraries .. they also NEVER change anything old .. they just keep adding new features (if anything). And that is called stability of the library. A good library is very stable and does NOT change 3 times a year .. unless something new is added. And since good projections are not very often discovered anymore .. the Proj.4 stays as it is. Nobody wants to see some random madness there when he is trusting for example his life somewhere navigating using that projection on his navigation display or maps.</p>
<p>Or maybe some picture file libraries .. like JPG standard or PNG standard. All those libraries are VERY old and nobody moves a finger! Since those all are now standard</p>
<p>Or let's see how zlib is nowadays .. it is exactly the same as it was 20 years ago. Nobody makes changes there since it works very well and modern compilers can very well handle all that "old" or "new" stuff all together.</p>
<p>So why all want to keep libraries stable? Because then they can trust that it does its work as it used to do. Nobody wants to have new versions unless that really adds something useful, like a new (useful) projection.</p>
<p>(So go to hell .. and stay there!)</p>
<p>Janne.</p>
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