STL Confusion and Rules Omission(s)

[Ed Funk]

After 25 years of reading IT rules and the "if it doesn't say you can, then you can't".
My quick perusal of the STL rules (and I ain't gonna tell ya why I'm interested) looks more like "if it doesn't say you can't, then you can". Am I close?

[Greg Amy]

My quick perusal of the STL rules (and I ain't gonna tell ya why I'm interested) looks more like "if it doesn't say you can't, then you can". Am I close?

No, it's still "if it doesn't say you can, then you can't". But we don't have 25 years of hindsight and rules manipulation to capture every possible iteration.

That said, were one to request a clarification -- and thus another specific rule to cover whatever was on their mind at that moment -- I think you'll find that the philosophy of the class is intended to be a lot more "allow" than "deny". - GA