Robert Kern wrote: > Peter Hansen wrote: > >> Back to Paul's question then: why use an unreliable and >> probably-useless-for-all-but-spawning-lengthy-but-educational-threads >> encryption method when there are relatively reliable and, uh, less >> discussed and non-edifying, uh... well, you get the picture. ;-) > > Well, I'd say ARCFOUR has been discussed a hell of a lot more than what > this thread ever mustered up. I also submit that implementing ARCFOUR or > studying p3.py would be a hell of a lot more educational than posting a > lousy algorithm, calling it unbreakable, and responding to criticisms > with "I don't understand so you must be wrong." > > Education is a process one must engage in. You don't just step in it.
The education to which I was referring was that which _most_ of us just received by reading Paul's and your replies, not from anything in the OP's postings. ;-) -Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list