Re: CRC

• Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 10:40:01 PST
• From:
  mcmudge@mailbox.syr.edu (Kipp the Kidd)
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>Pavel once wrote, in the list of planned goodies for 1.8.0:
>....
>        -- a small change involving less than a day of my time
>....
>-- hash(value)
>        A primitive consistently mapping arbitrary MOO values into quite random
>        integers (or maybe lists of integers, to get enough bits), enabling a
>        variety of applications (like inter-MOO value transfer) where a quick
>        check is needed to determine if two values are the same without having
>        to actually transfer the value first.  For the cognoscente, this will
>        probably involve the use of either MD5 or Snefru, two available
>        cryptographically-secure hash functions.

Ah ha, got you there Mr. Curtis... will it make it in to the final version?
I didn't think it'd be that hard, especially for someone so able ;) (smooch
smooch smooch)

...What other goodies ya got Gustavo?

- Kipp
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