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 10.182.38.163 with SMTP id h3mr24311157obk.3.1418582533929; Sun, 14 Dec 2014 10:42:13 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.94.150 with SMTP id g22mr544416qge.0.1418582533903; Sun, 14 Dec 2014 10:42:13 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!h15no20670318igd.0!news-out.google.com!r1ni50qat.1!nntp.google.com!w8no7535226qac.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 10:42:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=197.86.175.96; posting-account=r0RePAgAAABkc8iAou09Mtfbf-fnKQql NNTP-Posting-Host: 197.86.175.96 References: <1a2fea61-bcc1-43a9-b6e3-edf474308402@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <7b474e9e-db87-451c-813e-b7fe243a2b43@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Ada Connections to this Crypto. From: mrvmurray@gmail.com Injection-Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 18:42:13 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 1799 X-Received-Body-CRC: 242338983 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23986 Date: 2014-12-14T10:42:13-08:00 List-Id: On Sunday, 14 December 2014 20:08:38 UTC+2, bj=F6rn lundin wrote: > On 2014-12-14 18:20, Austin Obyrne wrote: >> They seem to be saying that this is done by >> user-defined enumeration types >> that can be used instead of ASCII or Latin-1. >=20 > Well no. That is your interpretation. I have not seen > anyone here state that. Whoever sorts out this misconception of O'Byrne's can claim to have achieved something. O'Byrne is rigidly attached to the idea that the computer bytes contain character values equating to text (plus the control codes). Abstract bytes as numbers are beyond his capability. He just doesn't get it. M --=20