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This is what Martin Fowler refers to as the Tolerant Reader pattern. https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TolerantReader.html https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TolerantR
by pards 9y ago
This is what Martin Fowler refers to as the Tolerant Reader pattern.
https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TolerantReader.html https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TolerantReader.html
Code should tolerate all sorts of bad inputs.
Code should produce pristine outputs.
Just like being a model member of society
- vram22 9y agoI think I read somewhere that Jonathan Postel (Internet pioneer) also had a rule advising that. Googled and found it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Postel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Postel "In his lifetime he was known as the "god[2] of the Internet" for his comprehensive influence on the medium."