>> it didn't help that the language itself didn't, at the time at least, make it obvious how to do such things. Why should a language "make it obvious" what ar

>> it didn't help that the language itself didn't, at the time at least, make it obvious how to do such things. Why should a language "make it obvious" what are clearly implementation details? Hashing passwords is not the job, or the concern, of any language I've used.