----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Fri 19 May 2000 8:26
Subject: Re: The current status of IETF drafts concerning bare linefeeds
> Life *is* change. You can detect the absence of life by the absence
> of change. "Be liberal in what you accept" means accepting multiple
> versions of a protocol. This allows for change. It doesn't mean
> accepting anything thrown down your gullet, and choosing one of
> multiple interpretations of it.
I prefer a different interpretation. "Be liberal in what you accept"
means only that your program should not behave erratically or
unpredictably in the face of bad data. It does not in any way mean that
your program should never return an error code or blindly accept and
attempt to deal with bad data. That philosophy leads to crappy
software: sendmail, bind, etc.
shag
