From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.42.61.137 with SMTP id u9mr3092773ich.0.1386429484622; Sat, 07 Dec 2013 07:18:04 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.113.194 with SMTP id ja2mr183obb.31.1386429484458; Sat, 07 Dec 2013 07:18:04 -0800 (PST) Path: border2.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!backlog3.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!bm17no18390114qab.0!news-out.google.com!p7ni11420qat.0!nntp.google.com!bm17no18390104qab.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 07:18:04 -0800 (PST) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=31.54.231.48; posting-account=pmkN8QoAAAAtIhXRUfydb0SCISnwaeyg NNTP-Posting-Host: 31.54.231.48 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <4aaba92e-42fd-4ba8-a694-7954b6d4911f@googlegroups.com> Subject: Ada the Future Language of Secure Communications. From: Austin Obyrne Injection-Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2013 15:18:04 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Original-Bytes: 2320 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:184133 Date: 2013-12-07T07:18:04-08:00 List-Id: I have recently finished work on a number of ciphers that are all written i= n Ada-95 and decided to try rewriting these in C++ with the full intention = of completing that project but gave up when I realised this was a retrogres= sive plan. I do not have any shares in Ada or C++ so there is no reason form to be bia= sed or even partisan about either language and its suitability for encrypti= on programming but I must say that I found Ada so superior to C++ for writi= ng cipher programs that it behoves ne to say so very publicly in case any b= ody else is planning to do so. I have formed the belief that C++ is a terse, minimalised counter-intuitive= language that owes a lot of its characteristics to a time when memory and = computer power were not what they are today leaving an unfortunate legacy t= hat is here to stay. No doubt it can do everything that Ada can do but not= quite so well and so smoothly. I am of the belief that Ada will always be the preferred language for secur= e communications. This is important when considering that =91bulk=92 copy = =91n paste encryption of entire computer drive files and ad hoc word proces= sing is very much on the cards in the near future. adacrypt