python snippet request: calculate MD5 checksum on 650 MB ISO cdrom image quickly

[Jon Ribbens]

Tim Peters <tim_one at email.msn.com> wrote:
> You may be missing that md5 is *designed* to be slow <0.9 wink>!

MD5 is not slow. On some architectures it is faster than CRC32.
It certainly should not be significantly slower than CRC32. 

Cheers


Jon