On 15-Feb-2011, at 2:54 PM, Pranesh Prakash wrote: > This talk of shenanigans and bandwidth conservation reminded me of Postel's > Prescription: “Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you > send”.[1] > > [1] http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/Postels-Prescription.html
Better known as Postel's Law or the Robustness Principle. "Postel's Prescription" is new usage for me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle
