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From: Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>
Subject: Re: function hash
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 00:45:14 GMT
Date: 2001-05-31T00:45:14+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B159410.5532C587@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87u2225zsn.fsf@deneb.enyo.de

Florian Weimer wrote:
> 
> A hash function returning only 256 different values?  Are there any
> applications for it?

Given the original poster's requirements of handling 500-1000 elements,
that's only 2-4 per bin, so it seemed suitable.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"We call your door-opening request a silly thing."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail



  reply	other threads:[~2001-05-31  0:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-27 22:07 function hash Nacho Robledo
2001-05-28  0:23 ` James Rogers
2001-05-28  6:47 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-05-30 20:48   ` Florian Weimer
2001-05-31  0:45     ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2001-05-31  7:22       ` Florian Weimer
2001-05-31 19:21         ` Simon Wright
2001-05-31  7:13     ` tmoran
2001-05-28 17:04 ` Nacho Robledo
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