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Subject: Re: Will Ada-95 Programs Written in MS Windows Run in MacOS and Linux
 Without Some Tweaking.
From: Austin Obyrne <austin.obyrne@hotmail.com>
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On Monday, December 16, 2013 9:19:15 PM UTC, Simon Wright wrote:
> Austin Obyrne <austin.obyrne@hotmail.com> writes: > I am the first to adm=
it that this cryptography has very high > ciphertext expansion but I cannot=
 understand it being 870 Megabytes > for the example you gave. I have no do=
ubt you are right. Each character is written as 3 integers, each occupying =
11 characters. I've put a new line between every group of 3 integers, where=
as you put a new line where there's a new line in the original (I think; an=
yway, not a good idea when the input isn't text), =3D> 34 characters per by=
te (35 on Windows). 34 * 27_014_786 =3D 918_502_724 (875 MB). > Most of wha=
t you say is technically beyond my ken also but its is very > encouraging t=
hat you have not decided to condemn it out of hand as a > lost cause like f=
or instance the current complexity-theoretic crypto > that is headed for th=
e scrap heap. My interest is in helping people to get code working right, n=
ot in cryptography; I'd probably use GPG if I needed to. It seems to me tha=
t yours is a symmetric-key scheme (I can't read the documentation on your s=
ite because you've packaged up multiple PDF files in one, which is a featur=
e that's not supported by Mac Preview, and I'm not going to install Acrobat=
).

<My interest is in helping people to get code working right, not in=20
<cryptography; I'd probably use GPG if I needed to.=20

Keep up the good work.

I'm not sure what I am - a problem solver I think - I don't admire cryptogr=
aphy - there is some powerful new mathenatics on the table here however tha=
t may take another half cenutury to be recognised - i.e. factoring a physic=
al vector - the application to cryptography is only scratching the surface.

Generally the altruism of your group is fairly palpable - it comes across f=
airly noticeably.

I am putting pen to paper in a final condensation of the theory associated =
with this scheme and that is going to be it - finish.  My mind is in revolt=
. I would go back to sea but they won't take 80 year old Engineers any more=
.

I might spend a few moments thinking about reducing the cipheterxt volume t=
hat as you say is very large.

Thanks once more for your great help.

Austin.