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kjellsbellslast Thursday at 1:08 PM1 replyview on HN

Postel's Law strikes again. What's the point of having RFCs with MUST and SHOULD if everyone does what they need? You end up with French cafe[0] implementations.

[0] https://www.samba.org/ftp/tridge/misc/french_cafe.txt


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philipwhiuklast Thursday at 1:09 PM

You're only required to do a MUST if you claim to implement the RFC at all. You're not required to implement an RFC.

The author's mention of a lawsuit for not following an RFC is insane.