Postel's law (gently reformulated) is important when you have one-to-many communication. "be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept".
Re:The Cancers In The Ruby Community
by txus on Sunday April 15, 2012 @07:04PM
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Heh, I really liked the analogy with Postel's law, and I guess you're right. The main criticising I've received about the blog post has been about the swearing, so I guess I could skip that next time.
yOu mAy sAy tHat pEople wHo hAve tRouble rEading sUch tExt sHould jUst mAke mOre eFfort.
But.you.are.writing.the.blog.,.so.surely.you.want.to.be.as.widely.read.as.possible.?.
Postel's law (gently reformulated) is important when you have one-to-many communication. "be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept".