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Comment by buu700

7 years ago

That's an interesting application of Postel's law.

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keanzu  7 years ago

Had to look this up: "Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others. The principle is also known as Postel's law, after Jon Postel, who wrote in an early specification of TCP"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle

  • brigandish  7 years ago

    It reminds me of Conquest's 1st law:

    > Everyone is conservative about what he knows best.

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