// Copyright 2013 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// The linkcheck command finds missing links in the godoc website.
// It crawls a URL recursively and notes URLs and URL fragments
// that it's seen and prints a report of missing links at the end.
package main

import (
	"errors"
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"os"

---
title: "Go, Backwards Compatibility, and GODEBUG"
layout: article
---

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## Introduction {#intro}

Go's emphasis on backwards compatibility is one of its key strengths.
There are, however, times when we cannot maintain complete compatibility.