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		chikere232 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Undergraduate shows that searches within hash tabl... It would be most fair to hash the names first, especially for this paper

usefulcat 11 months ago [–]

I suppose then the next question will be which author gets to choose the hash function..

yencabulator 11 months ago | [–]

They all pick one, results are XORred together.

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