Hyrum's law

English

Etymology

Named after software developer Hyrum Wright.

Proper noun

Hyrum's law

  1. (software engineering) 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.
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