Re: Postel's law

David BL <davidbl_at_iinet.net.au> wrote:

>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?

     Joel Spolsky said it well:
          http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/03/17.html

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.