----- Forwarded message from Dave Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 15:58:31 -0500 From: Dave Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i686) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf To: Lucas Vogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: GNU and classified software X-Spam-Prob-orwant: Really looks like spam! (13) X-Spam-Flag: helo X-Spam-Flag: bcc_heavy Lucas Vogel wrote: > > Can GNU tools be used in the creation/use/distribution of classified > software? > Yes, and it is. Here's evidence: http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue61/3394.html >> Marjorie: Who is using Perl and how are they using it? Larry: A couple of years ago, I ran into someone at a trade show who was representing the NSA (National Security Agency). He mentioned to someone else in passing that he'd written a filter program in Perl, so without telling him who I was, I asked him if I could tell people that the NSA uses Perl. His response was, ``Doesn't everyone?'' So now I don't tell people the NSA uses Perl. I merely tell people the NSA thinks everyone uses Perl. They should know, after all. As an interesting side note, it turned out this fellow was the very administrator who shut down the NSA project Perl was (indirectly) written to support. He was vaguely amused when I pointed out Perl might well be the most enduring legacy of the project. << -- -Dave Turner Stalk me: (215)-545-2859 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <pug> Wait, you're right, I'm thinking of the Ankh-Morpork Assassin's guild, sorry ----- End forwarded message -----
