Your quotes are actually reinforcing and not detracting from the point I was trying to make. Because it is a question of tradeoffs, for some people the robustne

Your quotes are actually reinforcing and not detracting from the point I was trying to make. Because it is a question of tradeoffs, for some people the robustness principle could be argued against right from the start. Lots of strict protocols existed at the time (CER and DER rules for ASN.1 for example) even if people preferred forgiving protocols (BER seems to have been more popular). Yes, people were explaining the tradeoffs and why it might make sense to prefer strictness, I am sure you can find earlier quotes. The authors might not feel the need to make these arguments if public sentiment was widely aligned. The person I was responding to (who sadly was downvoted), seems to have a sort of nascent appreciation for the robustness principle. They seem to be suggesting that the prevalence of null bytes in scripts is an argument to preserve support. To me this is an illustration of the fact that public opinion is still not universally against the robustness principle (indeed some, possibly that poster who never heard it as Postel's law or it didn't click for, may not be aware of it) even if in general I would argue that the majority of people with an opinion would be against it. But a couple of dates and quotes cannot settle that question, nor can my feelings on the matter. I could be very wrong, the majority of opinion on the matter could still be pro-postel.