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 10.182.120.99 with SMTP id lb3mr60980513obb.10.1417531775354; Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:49:35 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.29.230 with SMTP id b93mr6107qgb.26.1417531775324; Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:49:35 -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!news.glorb.com!h15no12016485igd.0!news-out.google.com!m4ni576qag.1!nntp.google.com!w8no4114754qac.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 06:49:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.176.91.16; posting-account=pmkN8QoAAAAtIhXRUfydb0SCISnwaeyg NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.176.91.16 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: The enormous potential that programming LaTeX in Ada presents. From: Austin Obyrne Injection-Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:49:35 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23832 Date: 2014-12-02T06:49:35-08:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 2:07:29 PM UTC, David Botton wrote: > I am having a hard time understanding why this is an Ada issue and not a = question on the uses of cryptography in general? Maybe your question more g= eneralized would make more sense in a cryptographic forum. >=20 > David Botton Point taken David, I think I see Ada as becoming ubiquitous for cryptography of the intensely = critical nature in the encryption of data which is why I posted here. Not being a hands-on cryptographer in main stream crypto I don't know what = amount of formatting is being done in everyday transmissions at present - I= envisage a demand for very selective formatting of even mundane regular se= curity in the future however - the user public will demand this as a right = - I think the custodians of Ada are the most likely and to my mind the most= suitable body to respond to that. Since Ada is the language of the senior= government departments of the USA I think there could be a need for refin= ements by way of formatting even now. Cheers - Austin