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 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Simon Clubley Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada's ranking of popularity at IEEE Spectrum Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 07:03:51 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <72b1318a-2eb6-4129-af9b-5bcfbb329c5b@googlegroups.com> Injection-Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 07:03:51 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e458ff8b81bc0c159989eb0e36c6e372"; logging-data="4981"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+dR/ZT0ONozP/43BbbMivrBj3PgWfW7rE=" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (VMS/Multinet) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Kp+tNHKOvI7dkyL28PtC5cQI5Qo= Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:187515 Date: 2014-07-11T07:03:51+00:00 List-Id: On 2014-07-10, Shark8 wrote: > On 10-Jul-14 18:16, Simon Clubley wrote: >> >> Unfortunately the same issues apply here because unless your SSL client >> library replacement can operate in all the same environments as the C >> language library it would replace, then it's destined to remain a niche >> and forgotten product. >> >> Simon. >> > > Ridiculous -- even without availability on *every* system a secure SSL > implementation would be welcome in servers by businesses concerned w/ > security. > In one way you (and Jeffrey) are correct, but the goal here is to try and reduce the amount of C code in critical security libraries. So yes, you are always going to find people who want to use your new product, and there will be some benefit there, but the _real_ gains only come when you can replace a reference to a C library with a reference to a Ada library in existing code which uses that library. Simon. -- Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world