In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz) writes: >> >> <shrug> Is there some reason you're using exaggerated language? My only >> point is that simply saying "C compiler! C compiler!" ignores the fact >> that Python itself is multi-platform (and makes you look foolish); >> whether any given module should be written in pure Python needs to be >> decided on a case-by-case basis. > >Certainly one of salsa20's main design features is that it's supposed >to be faster than AES-CTR. Therefore any implementation other than a >native C implementation is basically a compatibility fallback.
...or a teaching tool, because code is easier to read in Python. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection." --Butler Lampson -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
