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Postel's Law
Variants and Alternative Names
- General Principle of Robustness (not to be confused with Eric S. Raymond's Rule of Robustness)
Context
Definition
“Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.”1)
Description
Rationale
Origin
Evidence
Relations to Other Principles
Generalizations
Specializations
Contrary Principles
Complementary Principles
Principle Collections
Example
Description Status
Further Reading
- Jon Postel: Internet Protocol
- Martin Fowler: Tolerant Reader
- Joel Spolsky: A Hard Drill Makes an Easy Battle
- Eric S. Raymond: The Art of Unix Programming: Rule of Repair
1)
Jon Postel: RFC 761: Transmission Control Protocol
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