I had an interesting realization tonight: I'm terrified of hash tables. Specifically, my work on JRuby (and even more directly, my work optimizing JRuby) has made me terrified to ever consider using a ...

I've not really used maps/hashes inside of any previous c/c++ code, but now I have need to within a project here at the office.<BR><BR>I've got to tie an ACL to control id's in an MFC application, and ...

A cryptographic hash function converts an arbitrary-length message into a fixed-length digest, and it is a fundamental step in the efficient implementation of electronic messages. Back in 2004, ...