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Re: [arch-d] deprecating Postel's principle- considered harmful

Tony Li <tony1athome@gmail.com> Tue, 07 May 2019 20:54 UTC

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From: Tony Li <tony1athome@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [arch-d] deprecating Postel's principle- considered harmful
Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 13:54:33 -0700
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> I don't agree that poor application programming is a result of the Postel principle, it's a result of incompetence or laziness.


… or humanity.  Bugs happen.

Tony

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