>	crypt("holyhooplasbatman!", "_arararar") hangs.  No response.
>	I expect it to produce "_ararararNGMzvpNjeCc".

I hang my head in shame after looking at this again.  With an iteration
count of almost 150 million, it was simply taking a while.

What trapped me was the fact that my version seems blindingly fast in
comparison :-)


> Does anything actually use the extended crypt() functions?  Has anyone
> attempted to verify its operation before?

Looks to me like it works.  Forget I said anything :-)

- David B.

& Sigh! &

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