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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,8701dd61403f6aa6 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "(see below)" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A Newbie to the group. Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:50:27 +0100 Message-ID: References: <26d9422f-e704-458b-a6eb-c7ec70a28ba7@q12g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> <2dfafa54-b744-4670-b85a-2d59d850a0a1@q12g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 5q2hFEirXQqutd52c3I/cwC+771lm+yiOQIIuG3M8OmZQY+XAR Cancel-Lock: sha1:nOvKveQ/kbDsN7qvC7OIUsV4cFU= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.23.0.091001 Thread-Topic: A Newbie to the group. Thread-Index: AcsMu56hsy/M9zzY4E60j2YXgWD+IA== Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11770 Date: 2010-06-15T19:50:27+01:00 List-Id: On 15/06/2010 19:42, in article 2dfafa54-b744-4670-b85a-2d59d850a0a1@q12g2000yqj.googlegroups.com, "adacrypt" wrote: > On Jun 15, 7:33�pm, adacrypt wrote: >> On Jun 15, 7:11�pm, "(see below)" wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 15/06/2010 16:43, in article >>> 26d9422f-e704-458b-a6eb-c7ec70a28...@q12g2000yqj.googlegroups.com, >> >>> "adacrypt" wrote: >>>> ... I choose to learn Ada-95 in order to implement my >>>> brainwave of factoring three-dimensional vectors and using three- >>>> dimensional space as the encryption environment in cryptography - that >>>> had been suggested to me by an Iraqi mathematician who had read my >>>> work in factoring vectors and I was convinced that Ada-95 was the only >>>> language for this ... >> >>> Why? >> >>> -- >>> Bill Findlay >>> chez blueyonder.co.uk >> >> Hi, >> >> I take you mean why did I think Ada was the more suitable language? >> >> I had already done some casual work on factorising large numbers in >> Ada-83. I had been introduced to cryptography by one Dr. Chalabi who I >> had asked to read my stuff on vector factoring (see "Factoring of >> Vectors in Vector Cryptography"http://www.adacrypt.com)-he was >> active in cryptography - I soon saw an algorithm in vector factoring >> that is a one-way function in mathematics that is imminently suitable >> for cryptography - it was pure instinct from there onwards but I was >> convinced that the system structures of Ada-95 were ideal for what I >> wanted to do in cryptography. �The mathematical algorithm was very >> transparent to me but it was going to be a problem at the time to >> implement it in Ada due largely to my inexperience of programming in >> Ada-95 - I repeat that mathematical instinct was the driving force - >> its the only thing I claim to have in abundance - I have taught myself >> enough Ada just to complete this work - I am a retired engineer and >> although I revere Ada programming I have no reason to go any deeper >> into it in a general way - adacrypt- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > Also, > > I have no idea how to proceed with any topic that you may think worth > expounding at some higher level - if you see any potential perhaps you > would let me know explicitly - I'm a bit slow on the uptake - adcrypt You are "convinced" that Ada was in some way "ideal". I simply ask what is it about Ada that made you consider it ideal? -- Bill Findlay chez blueyonder.co.uk