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 10.236.20.164 with SMTP id p24mr19135555yhp.12.1417521424988; Tue, 02 Dec 2014 03:57:04 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.20.175 with SMTP id 44mr1098562qgj.4.1417521424970; Tue, 02 Dec 2014 03:57:04 -0800 (PST) Path: border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!w8no4074966qac.0!news-out.google.com!m4ni588qag.1!nntp.google.com!s7no3581176qap.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 03:57:04 -0800 (PST) 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 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: The enormous potential that programming LaTeX in Ada presents. From: Austin Obyrne Injection-Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:57:04 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: number.nntp.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:191135 Date: 2014-12-02T03:57:04-08:00 List-Id: Latex is a typesetting language that can be encrypted by an Ada program and= then securely decrypted back to its LaTeX input file format at the receivi= ng end. Why do that? The benefits emanating from this suggestion are that is that there is an en= ormous amount of extra prose available that is not directly available in AS= CII and also, the decrypted messagetext (i.e. the text file being typeset b= y the LaTeX input file) can be run so as to format the ensuing text of the = original document in any way the users wish. The benefits of doing this are legion, entire drafts of books for publishin= g, legal documents, updates of things like clauses in contracts that must f= it as copy and paste, etc. etc. A particular use is in formatting mathemat= ically 'heavy' documents. Ada programs for embedded applications (like Ros= etta, Har Har) can be sent by email (unlikely of course, rather than top-se= curity trusted live courier). The possibilities are legion. Transmissions= of important Ada program sourccode might also be considered as the subject= of a LaTeX input file but most of all the possibility of extra Ada/Latex f= ormatting packages This might involve the invention of special LaTeX to Ada packages. The use= of Latex with Ada is an interesting prospect in many ways that may there j= ust for the finding by some entrepreneurial spirit. I am curious to know if anybody has any special take on this that might eit= her preclude or promote the idea. Don't let any grass grow under your feet= if so. adacrypt