Re: [elixir-core:8333] Proposal: provide a basic set of crypto modules for use with Elixir

2018-10-03 Thread Allen Madsen
A proposal like this has popped up before. Perhaps you could address some of the arguments made there. The primary one being that improvements to crypto should happen in OTP. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/elixir-lang-core/crypto%7Csort:date/elixir-lang-core/J-Idvs6ije8/eC-pmklSBQAJ A

[elixir-core:8333] Proposal: provide a basic set of crypto modules for use with Elixir

2018-10-03 Thread Mark Madsen
Crypto is super hard. And super important. Currently Elixir pushes users to call Erlang when working with crypto. This doesn't align with Elixirs goal of developer productivity. My experience on working with Erlang's crypto application is: - It is intimidating for newcomer who are just lear