> It was addressed to programmers who anally rejected everything that was not (in their opinion) in spec. What's wrong with that? The only issue I see is the

> It was addressed to programmers who anally rejected everything that was not (in their opinion) in spec. What's wrong with that? The only issue I see is the _in their opinion_ bit. If there's confusion about the spec, then it should clarified and codified. But otherwise: yes, you should absolutely aggressively reject everything not in spec.