@octade @cryptography@soc.octade.net @crypto @cryptography@fed.dyne.org First viewing of Pascal...in the wild. Cool, I guess.
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FreePascal is secret weapon.
Features:
LLVM backend
transpile to javascript
compiles almost anywhere, probably even your toaster
FAST FAST FAST
When sticking to the procedural method the source reads like pseudocode. This makes it useful for writing cryptography and workhorse tools that require utmost clarity.
When team Python sunset v2.7 and vaporized a decade worth of source code I abandoned Python for Pascal for all my personal fiddles. A Pascal program will compile and start while the Python interpreter is still warming up.
Why would that be used for hashes? Don't see the point
Hash Function:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash/_function
I run a cryptography forum, I know what it is.
Why use this for a hash?
See the comment on line 31 in the source code.