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::I'm not saying that this is right, nor that yours is wrong. I am saying that the spec is not clear about how to handle this case. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 18:57, 28 May 2014 (UTC) |
::I'm not saying that this is right, nor that yours is wrong. I am saying that the spec is not clear about how to handle this case. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 18:57, 28 May 2014 (UTC) |
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::: Right or wrong, the REXX version does encrypt/decrypt the above two messages correctly. It's not 100% successful in handling all cases that contain replicated characters however. As to the specs, yes, I agree, it's rather fuzzy, especially about the part that states "... dropping any extra "X"es, or "Q"s that do not make sense in the final message... That's pretty hard to do |
::: Right or wrong, the REXX version does encrypt/decrypt the above two messages correctly. It's not 100% successful in handling all cases that contain replicated characters however. As to the specs, yes, I agree, it's rather fuzzy, especially about the part that states "... dropping any extra "X"es, or "Q"s that do not make sense in the final message... That's pretty hard to do programmatically. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 19:22, 28 May 2014 (UTC) |
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== Disagreement about the way to process duplicate letters == |
== Disagreement about the way to process duplicate letters == |