Lecture 25: May 29, 2026

Reading: “Robust Programming” handout
Assignments: Homework 4, due June 1, 2026 (Note extension)

1. Greetings and felicitations!

2. Principles of robust programming
   1. Maximum stupidity
   2. Paranoia
   3. Dangerous implements
   4. Can’t happen

3. Fragile library

4. Robust library
   1. Interface
   2. Internal structures
   3. Tokens and their generation and analysis
   4. Functions

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