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Casual APIs

by kevingoslar on 7/16/14, 6:56 PM with 1 comments

• by kilovoltaire on 7/16/14, 7:17 PM

  This is basically the second half of the Robustness Principle[1]:

    Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.
  

  If you use both halves things get even better. For example this is why digital electronics work — circuits are forgiving about the voltage ranges of their inputs but very precise about their outputs.

  It's also a nice way to live life :'(

  [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle