Re: Less is more

[Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Keith Moore writes:
> I fail to see how specifying a different date format will stop people 
> from writing code that violates _that_ format. It's not as if ISO8601 
> is significantly easier to either produce or parse than RFC 822 
> dates.

A new format with a test suite and a strict reference parser has a 
fighting chance of being obeyed. Trying to squeeze the toothpaste back 
into the tube has no chance at all. All the authors of brokenware will 
yawn and say "our code works in the real world".

Arnt