[erlang-questions] Pointless md5 Problem

[Thomas Lindgren]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Thomas Lindgren <thomasl_erlang@REDACTED>
> Okay, so the code is a terrible 10700 repetitive lines (see below for a taste). 
> But a single clause boils down to
> 
>   %%  0 -> count(Bytes, X000+1, ..., X255);
>   {label,5}.
>     {gc_bif,'+',{f,0},259,[{x,8},{integer,1}],{x,8}}.
>     {move,{x,258},{x,0}}.
>     {call_only,257,{f,4}}.
> 
> One add, updating one register, then move on to the next list element. Pretty 
> close to a byte array, don't you think? Only works as long as you don't do 
> anything foolish, of course.


(I should also mention that in spite of the erlang compiler doing a good job in this case, the corresponding C code would still be superior by far.)

Best,
Thomas