I think what GP meant was that MD5 is meant to be cryptographic, and parenthetic...

throwaway080383 on Oct 20, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Meow Hash: A high-speed non-cryptographic hash fun...

I think what GP meant was that MD5 is meant to be cryptographic, and parenthetically, it's bad at it. MeowHash is not even meant to be cryptographic, so it is much faster.