alt Hacker NewsPostel's Law was a bad idea.
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-thomson-postel-w...
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cwmoore • 12/09/2024
'"bug for bug" compatible'
Postel's Law was a bad idea.
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-thomson-postel-w...
'"bug for bug" compatible'
Good reference! Turns out this internet draft has been turned into an official, informational RFC:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9413
I don't think Postel's Law was necessarily a bad idea, in its time and context. However it seems to have fallen into usage as an argument-ender. This RFC is a useful antidote to that.