Postel's law
From: David BL <davidbl_at_iinet.net.au>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 22:28:41 -0700 (PDT)
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Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 22:28:41 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <d085d164-7097-419c-b930-4b09b636ec07@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
Have you heard of Postel's Law?
"Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send."
I can imagine it being applied to many things. Eg file formats, APIs, compilers, databases ...
I think it generally leads to unnecessary complexity and sweep errors under the carpet.
Comments? Received on Fri May 23 2008 - 00:28:41 CDT