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Thanks! I just realized it doesn't work with strings containing underscores, but simply using __ instead of _ (so double underscores) as the key to end-of-word

Thanks! I just realized it doesn't work with strings containing underscores, but simply using __ instead of _ (so double underscores) as the key to end-of-word markings fixes that. And thanks for the link, that is an interesting optimization! EDIT: one fun non-practical application (histogramming the letters in a word is simpler and faster) is an anagram finder using prime numbers: https://observablehq.com/@jobleonard/finding-anagrams-using-prime-numbers https://observablehq.com/@jobleonard/finding-anagrams-using-...

baur 5y ago
That's a nice idea. I guess it's better to stay in primitive type range (to avoid long arithmetics), so we can "compress" up to 15 items into a single prime_product making it less than 2^64 - for English words should be just fine, I don't expect many words with 16 and more letters. UPD: Sorry, "up to 15" is a wrong phrasing. I checked once how "prime factorial" fits into primitive, and first 15 primes can fit into long. So it's possible to handle even more symbols if it's smth like "aaaaaaa"64 times because it would be just 2^64