2009/5/26 Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]>: > Of course using C libraries is an interesting alternative now > somebody has to do it > written in C = maintain in C > then we end up building walls around us, > I like the idea that I can learn something by reading and putting a > break point in the code. > > So if the crypto is working in Squeak I suggest to keep it. > Igor I would not rewrite it. > I suggest , that if its easy to dissect things like md5 hash function, and other stuff which is not really falls in cryptography category (and therefore not requires a paperwork mess under US laws) then you can include it in image. Then rest parts can be loaded separately by those who need more.
MD5 is just a hash function, no need to worry about, that it contains/related to encryption technology. There are a plenty of things which could use it (like computing checksums for compression). > > > > On May 26, 2009, at 1:04 AM, stepken wrote: > >> https, md5, DES, AES .... i really wonder, why you can't decide to >> plugin libcrypt ....? >> >> In C programming language we have all, we can imagine. So why reinvent >> the wheel by rewriting complex code in smalltalk? >> >> Why not including a small webserver in C language as plugin? Code is >> there. >> >> Same with pdf libs - why not using Display PDF in C code with e.g. >> PANGO, like Apple did with Mac OS X? >> >> No, instead of doing so, MORPHIC is still there, based on C-LANG >> blitter >> code. >> >> In Morphic, i noticed long time ago, there existed the possibility to >> print every screen object, writing it directly to file, sending it to >> the printer afterwards. >> It never worked for me, i tried in 3.6, 3.8, 3.9. >> >> Being abble to print contents out of the box in PDF format, the >> successor of PS, really would be nice ... >> >> Dear Squeak, Smalltalk, Pharo - developers - Do you still have the >> overview or are you lost in Smalltalk details? >> >> cheers, Guido Stepken >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko AKA sig. _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
