Re: DES implementation in C

[Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>]

Eric Young wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, Peter Trei wrote:
> > > So yet again my dislike of doing assember has been justified.  One just
> > > needs a good compiler and be willing to put in the correct C code :-).
> > > While I know the asm is faster, the C compiler does a better job of
> > > the chaining between the 16 inlined inner loops.

[snippo]

If you could produce a 100% 'C' version, with in-line provisions for
replaceable 'C' or assembler functions, and insure that there is no
significant performance loss for having this portability, then you
could at least issue the 100% 'C' code for any machine or O/S.

This would make a lot of people happy if the application has wide
interest.  Is this possible, even if it's more work?