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Pdfs are suited for printing. That has nothing to do with rigor. You're conflating fashion with intellect. Example: https://people.xiph.org/~greg/confidential_
by toomim 9y ago
Pdfs are suited for printing. That has nothing to do with rigor. You're conflating fashion with intellect.
Example: https://people.xiph.org/~greg/confidential_values.txt https://people.xiph.org/~greg/confidential_values.txt
- Ar-Curunir 9y agoEven that fairly technical document contains no formal definitions or proofs. It would also be much improved with actual mathematical notation. Again, cryptography is a subtle science. It needs proper setup, proper explanation and proper contextualisation. That's not what blogs are good for. Sure, write a blog to accompany a formal document like a paper, but don't replace one with the other. Finally, PDFs are only the most popular format for paper writing because LaTeX does not compile well to HTML, and LaTeX is the best language for mathematics.
- toomim 9y agoNot true. It does make formal definitions and proofs. Without being a PDF.
- Ar-Curunir 9y agoWhere are these proofs? Where are the definitions? There's barely even pseudocode describing the algorithm. Honest question: have you read cryptography research papers before?