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hyrum's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hyrum's law
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An observation regarding the likelihood of breaking changes to a public interface, stating that, given a sufficiently popular system, any observable behavior — even if it is not guaranteed by contract — will be depended upon by some user.

Etymology

Named after software developer Hyrum Wright.

Questions

What does hyrum's law mean?
An observation regarding the likelihood of breaking changes to a public interface, stating that, given a sufficiently popular system, any observable behavior — even if it is not guaranteed by contract — will be depended upon by some user.
Where does hyrum's law come from?
Named after software developer Hyrum Wright.

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