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Ben Laurie (ben@algroup.co.uk)
Tue, 28 Jul 1998 20:38:17 +0100
mib@io.com wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 11:26:00AM +0100, Mok-Kong Shen wrote:
> > A question of which I don't yet know the exact answer is: Is it
> > allowed (without restriction) according to US legislation to export
> > (or publish) an abstract algorithm based on which a strong crypto
> > can be implemented.
>
> Like pseudocode, you mean?
Hmmm ... suppose I were to write a program that took C and converted it
to an English explanation of the C. Would the resulting explanation be
exportable? As I understand it, it would, wouldn't it?
Suppose the transformation just happened to be reversible...
int f(int a,int b)
{
return a+b;
}
...
In order to calculate the function f, which returns an int, and takes
two arguments a, an int, and b, an int, return the result of adding a to
b.
Cheers,
Ben.
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