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Did you mean something else then with done more harm than good for the industry ? I don't know much about crypto or Schneiers work, I am just curious what you m
by stiff 14y ago
Did you mean something else then with done more harm than good for the industry ? I don't know much about crypto or Schneiers work, I am just curious what you meant if what you said wasn't in reference to people choosing to hand code their crypto routines.
- tptacek 14y agoI probably mean what you think I mean. But, among other things, (i) using a broken sort algorithm is nowhere near as bad a problem as getting block cipher modes wrong, and (ii) CLR isn't a mass-popularizing evangelical text about algorithms, and (iii) basic fundamental algorithms and algorithmic analysis isn't a moving target like cryptography is. I am not making a moral judgement about _Applied_. I don't think the guy should wear a hairshirt. As a book, it's a great book; it sold well for a reason. As an instrument of software engineering, though, it's a bit of a curse.