evgen

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1. 2821.▲
   by evgen 19y ago

   Actually, I would say that the math behind the algorithms is not the hard part (someone else already did the hard work, as you mention); the hard part about crypto is learning all of the subtle ways that you can screw something up. This is
2. 2822.▲
   by evgen 19y ago

   > The Erlang VM is written in C: It has been written _once_ in C. That does not mean that re-implementing it in C again would be a good idea or would get you the same set of benefits as the existing Erlang VM and its associated librari
3. 2823.▲
   by evgen 19y ago

   As a counter-example, I have watched the entire "command-line or death" development group at my company move from linux desktops and laptops to macbook pros over the past year. Linux desktops still survive, but as peripheral machines under
4. 2824.▲
   by evgen 19y ago

   You may want to examine Erlang again. The recent R12B-0 release included an array module that allows you to do nice sparse-arrays, etc.
5. 2825.▲
   by evgen 20y ago

   I would second the suggestion to try SQLite first (or give metakit a glance if you want something that lets you iterate over a table quickly) and concur with staying as far away from BDB as is possible... The other advantage that using memo