Volume 12, Number 2

The Performance Comparison of a Brute-Force Password Cracking Algorithm using Regular Functions and Generator Functions in Python

  Authors

Berker Tasoluk¹ and Zuhal Tanrikulu², ¹Istanbul University, Turkey, ²Bogazici University, Turkey

  Abstract

Python is used extensively in research, including algorithm testing. Python is a multi-paradigm programming language and supports both object-oriented programming and functional programming. In the functional side, it supports both regular functions and generator functions. This study tests both approaches in terms of usability cases and performance. A password-cracking algorithm is used for this tryout.

  Keywords

Python functions, generator functions, regular functions, regular functions, in-memory functions, iterator, generator expressions, time efficiency, memory efficiency, python programming, general programming, password cracking