var [const] MsgHash=Import.lib("zklMsgHash");
var [const] gotEm=Atomic.Int();	// global signal for all threads

const THREADS=9,   // how we will split task, THREADS<=26
      CHR_a="a".toAsc();

fcn crack(c,n,hashes){	// thread
   sha256:=MsgHash.SHA256; // the SHA-256 hash method, byte bucket
   bytes,hash := Data(),Data().howza(0); // byte buckets to reduce garbage production
   firstLtrs:=(c+CHR_a).walker(n);
   ltrs:=CHR_a.walker;	// iterator starting at 97/"a"
   foreach a,b,c,d,e in (firstLtrs,ltrs(26),ltrs(26),ltrs(26),ltrs(26)){
      if(not hashes2go) return(); // all cracked, stop, not really needed
      bytes.clear(a,b,c,d,e);     // recycle Data, faster than creating Strings
      sha256(bytes,1,hash);	  // put hash in hash
      if(hashes.holds(hash)){
         println(bytes.text," --> ",hash.pump(String,"%02x".fmt));
	 hashes2go.dec();	// I cracked one, let mom thread know
      }
   }
}