RE: security in obscurity

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So, the original posting was secure in its obscurity. <g>

Sorry, I didn't chop the quote down enough.  My pet peeve is the idea some
people have that the most complex solution is the best.  Just thought Wirth
worded it nicely.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leslie Russell [mailto:leslier@datrek.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 10:25 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: security in obscurity
> 
> 
> So what is your peeve; spam, Python, indentation, Pascal, 
> Nicholas Wirth,
> misinterpretation, or the mistaken belief that using a 
> somewhat mysterious
> device confers an aura of power on the user?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Fritz <JFritz@sharperimage.com>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange. com (E-mail) <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Date: Friday, August 04, 2000 10:17 AM
> Subject: security in obscurity
> 
> 
> >I got this from some spam I received from a trade magazine.  
> I'm not much
> on
> >passing on pearls of wisdom from <irony> others </irony>, 
> but this one
> >really illuminates a pet peeve of mine and has the force of 
> **AUTHORITY**.
> >
> >
> >Python's clear syntax (using indentation for statement 
> grouping) brings to
> >mind something Nicholas Wirth, invent! or of the Pascal 
> language, once
> said:
> >"Increasingly, people seem to misinterpret complexity as 
> sophistication,
> >which is baffling-the incomprehensible should cause 
> suspicion rather than
> >admiration. Possibly this trend results from a mistaken 
> belief that using a
> >somewhat mysterious device confers an aura of power on the user."
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