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I'm reminded of Larry Wall's advice that programs should be "strict in what they emit, and liberal in what they accept." Which, to the extent the world follows
by sowbug 10mo ago
I'm reminded of Larry Wall's advice that programs should be "strict in what they emit, and liberal in what they accept." Which, to the extent the world follows this philosophy, has caused no end of misery. Scrapers are just recognizing reality and being liberal in what they accept.
- athenot 10mo agoThis is Postel's Law, aka the Principle of Robustness: "be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle
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- A1kmm 10mo agoI think it's Jon Postel who was the original source of the principle (it's often called Postel's Law). https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc761#section-2.10 https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc761#section-2.10 is an example dating back to 1980.