← Back to context Comment by buu700 7 years ago That's an interesting application of Postel's law. 2 comments buu700 Reply 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.
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.
brigandish 7 years ago It reminds me of Conquest's 1st law:> Everyone is conservative about what he knows best.
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
It reminds me of Conquest's 1st law:
> Everyone is conservative about what he knows best.