It is simply an example in how one could apply the robustness principle to this particular case.

Sorry, but that is garbage; as I said, a strawman.

The robustness principle does not suggest being stupid; and I reject all of your attempts to imply that it does.

I do not recognise any of your "examples" of stupidity as valid examples of applying the Robustness Principle as it is intended; or as it is correctly used.

The rest of your post reads as a hastily concocted justifiction by someone who knows his bluff has been called; but continues to think that he can get away with it if he can throw enough other strawmen, misdirection, smoke screens and specious arguments into the mix. You can't.

The Robustness Principle simply means that you don't die in the face of unexpected or incorrect input; you log a warning, ignore it; and then carry on doing so until you either get good input or EOF or timeout. And that's it. It could equally have been termed the "Don't be fragile or pedantic or a prima donna" Principle.

It does not mean that you attempt to fix bad input; nor fail to apply common sense; nor do any of the other stupid actions you claim are attributable to it. They aren't.

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