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[Narvi]

On Sun, 7 Mar 2004, Colin Percival wrote:

> At 19:31 07/03/2004, Narvi wrote:
> >The *traditional* hash table is one that uses linear probing, that is, it
> >converts a list to a nice cache friendly array and provides you with a
> >hint where you should start looking.
>
>    Does anyone actually do that any more?  When I absolutely need a hash

It is still around. It plays *exteremely* nicely with cache, for example.
Sure, it takes some extra care to make sure you don't run into nastiness,
but it can give you a very fast and efficent hash.

> table, I normally use double hashing and gradual rehashing.  But maybe
> that's just a personal quirk.
>

Have you looked at cuckoo hashing?

> Colin Percival
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