umm... we can drop the AES-128 -- not needed for SRP-6, but the prime =
1024-bit P should be of the form P =3D 2*Q+1, for prime Q. That alone =
gives us a maximal length subgroup.

- DM

On Jan 31, 2010, at 01:26 AM, Elizabeth D Rather wrote:

> David McClain wrote:
>> ...
>>=20
>> But there are certain problem domains where Forth is most applicable, =
=3D
>> and others where it is not. The height of compiler technology has =
been =3D
>> achieved in languages like OCaml and Haskell. For moderately complex =
=3D
>> languages you could certainly slog your way through and come up with =
a =3D
>> passable system all written in Forth, but the time it would take =
would =3D
>> be orders of magnitude longer, except in very narrow niches -- such =
as =3D
>> when writing an Assembler for a foreign machine where you want to =3D
>> Meta-Compile Forth for it. I have never seen shorter Assemblers than =
=3D
>> those developed in Forth.
>>=20
> I would love an opportunity to test that assertion on a challenge =
rather=20
> more complex than a "mere assembler".
>=20
> Cheers,
> Elizabeth
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