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I have nothing against the author. I just don't think the text is a proper intro to cryptography and I also think it is dangerous for a noob to read this and go

I have nothing against the author. I just don't think the text is a proper intro to cryptography and I also think it is dangerous for a noob to read this and go implement crypto. That being said, creating a programming language does not necessarily qualify one to do proper cryptography: they are two quite separate skill sets. In fact he himself readily admits he is not a cryptographer. There's nothing wrong with that. EDIT: When I think about it, the fact that something like this comes from a person with stellar reputation makes it doubly scary.

sjtgraham 11y ago
I must admit I find it somewhat amusing that you so vehemently attack this document when the author has published it in order for it to be verified and corrected by others.
- jacquesm 11y ago
  The scary thing is that if it weren't from Joe Armstrong it wouldn't be taken serious at all but because it is it might get people to take his reputation and extrapolate to another field and accidents could very well happen as a consequence of that. And I'm saying that as a big fan of both Erlang and Joe Armstrong.