From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,795de96bd314bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-30 17:45:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B159410.5532C587@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: function hash References: <3b117b26_3@news.arrakis.es> <3B11F48A.F018909F@acm.org> <87u2225zsn.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 00:45:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.200.69 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 991269914 209.86.200.69 (Wed, 30 May 2001 17:45:14 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 17:45:14 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 17:43:16 PDT (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7902 Date: 2001-05-31T00:45:14+00:00 List-Id: 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