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Re:JSON5 – JSON for Humans by int_19h on Monday December 09, 2024 @12:20PM (#42368097)
Postel's Law was a bad idea.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-thomson-postel-w...

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Re:JSON5 – JSON for Humans by cwmoore on Monday December 09, 2024 @01:05PM (#42368647)
'"bug for bug" compatible'
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Re:JSON5 – JSON for Humans by smarks on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @12:56AM (#42438716)
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.

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