The Norway Problem - why StrictYAML refuses to do implicit typing and so should you
Norway abbreviates as NO. This is a real word and some programs will alter that to a programming command, such as "False." A workaround in some cases is to put it in quotation marks, but you may not know that ahead of time. There are other cases like this, such as a person whose last name is Null.
Found via HN.
Related reading: Principle of least astonishment
Norway abbreviates as NO. This is a real word and some programs will alter that to a programming command, such as "False." A workaround in some cases is to put it in quotation marks, but you may not know that ahead of time. There are other cases like this, such as a person whose last name is Null.
Found via HN.
Related reading: Principle of least astonishment
A textbook formulation is: "People are part of the system. The design should match the user's experience, expectations, and mental models."
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