Re:Be Nice and Write Stable Code
by lomnakkus on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @12:55AM
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> Imagine if we had that same attitude with regards to HTTP.
Well, many do. You wouldn't believe the number of broken HTTP clients/servers out there.
The difference is that most HTTP clients/servers have to work with some significant subset of the pre-existing HTTP infrastructure (otherwise why would anyone use them?) and so that constrains their implementation to be "mostly correct". It's literally network effects :).
Libraries on the other hand usually start out with a single consumer and have no such constraints on their implementation so you end up with various levels of ossified brokenness or breaking non-ossification.
Well, many do. You wouldn't believe the number of broken HTTP clients/servers out there.
The difference is that most HTTP clients/servers have to work with some significant subset of the pre-existing HTTP infrastructure (otherwise why would anyone use them?) and so that constrains their implementation to be "mostly correct". It's literally network effects :).
Libraries on the other hand usually start out with a single consumer and have no such constraints on their implementation so you end up with various levels of ossified brokenness or breaking non-ossification.