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This is nothing more than the Robustness Principle - "Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R
by jmspring 13y ago
This is nothing more than the Robustness Principle - "Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle
- doublerebel 13y agoYes, the article states that directly before the line I quoted -- I assumed it would be recognized. In practice very few APIs are tolerant of unexpected fields, values, or protocols. Forget the protocol war that other commenters are expecting, our devices should interact regardless of protocol. Only then will producers be forced to compete on useful features.