If the time was taken to translate the digest lib from C to pure Ruby, then this library would have no C-based dependencies left, which could be useful to other Ruby implementations besides MRI.
However, looking at the C code for digest I admit this is not a task for the faint of heart.
If the time was taken to translate the digest lib from C to pure Ruby, then this library would have no C-based dependencies left, which could be useful to other Ruby implementations besides MRI.
However, looking at the C code for digest I admit this is not a task for the faint of heart.