3 ms·
Postel's Robustness Principle Revisited
- transitorykris 12y agoThis was about TCP but I've seen it used (or abused) in other contexts. This can lead to other undesirable effects. For instance, being liberal in what you accept may make your system less secure (larger code base to manage, more features to consider, especially features users are not actively using, ..)
- pshc 12y agoYeah. It's a solid principle, but must not be used to excuse negligently bad output.
- jmount 12y agoVery glad to hear the idea has one fewer advocate than I though t (my 2010 rant on the issue: http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2010/02/postels-law-not-sure-who-to-be-angry-with/ http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2010/02/postels-law-not-sure-... ).