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I think the first thing any article about Bloom filters should mention is that they were invented by a guy named Burton Bloom. They don't have anything to do wi
by QuercusMax 9y ago
I think the first thing any article about Bloom filters should mention is that they were invented by a guy named Burton Bloom. They don't have anything to do with "blooming" of any sort.
Very similar with Shellsort, which was designed by Donald Shell.
- jszymborski 9y agoI always thought it was called shell sort because it invoked the image of a shell game and the pointer was like a shell covering the array element!! Thanks for the edification!!!