Re: ADA arithmetic

[seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman@uunet.uu.net (Michael Feldman)]

In article <CAt7yr.HoH@news.otago.ac.nz> pgorman@piglet.otago.ac.nz (Paul Gorma
n) writes:
>Michael Feldman (mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu) wrote:
>> In article <1993Jul26.134358.1@otago.ac.nz> is20115@otago.ac.nz writes:
>> >I am currently working on a program which requires arithmetic to be perform
ed
>> >on numbers of up to 16 digits long.  Has anyone out ther written a package
>> >which will do this?  Add & Subtract would suffice but * & divide and MOD wo
uld
>> >be a big help.  If anyone has one of these could they please mail to source
>> >code to COSC214.OTAGO.AC.NZ  this would be much appreciated.
>> >
>> Ummm - is this a class problem? If so, does your teacher know you're out
>> on the net instead of working on it?
>
>> Mike Feldman
>
>The teacher knows now, he is one of my colleagues and I noticed the posting
>the other day. The assignment is to implement the RSA Public Key cryptography
>system. I think they have been given a reference in a book for algorithms to
>use for the operations on the type.
>
As I said before, I think I'd give the kid at least partial credit for
resourcefulness. Reuse principle, y'know :-)

Mike