I agree. If we can be flexible, lets do it. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Pfaff Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:56 PM To: John Darrington Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: 3rd Party compatibility
John Darrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So the question is: Should we > > a) emulate SPSS's ability to read this faulty system file (for the > sake of 'compatibility')? > > b) prefer 'correctness' and leave these guys to fix their own buggy > (and proprietary) product? Let's make it work. What advantage is there in being incompatible, except for some putative "moral high ground"? Software should be liberal in what it accepts, strict in what it produces. If you feel like making it work now, feel free; otherwise, I'd encourage you to file a "wishlist" bug. -- Peter Seebach on managing engineers: "It's like herding cats, only most of the engineers are already sick of laser pointers." _______________________________________________ pspp-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-dev _______________________________________________ pspp-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-dev
