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Subject: Re: [9fans] ... in the Kingdom of Sources
From: rog@vitanuova.com
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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:25:00 +0100
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> That's because you have a good image processor inside your skull.
> And because you haven't had to solve a complex problem created by
> the occasional error character.

is truncating a 1MB file to 512K due to a mid-stream dud character
really a better solution than just flagging the dud character itself?

as you suggest, the answer is subjective, but surely the old maxim is
useful:

	be liberal in what you accept and strict in what you generate.