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iirc, there is a major advantage to using a prime number of slots that prevents the biasing
by viggity 14y ago
iirc, there is a major advantage to using a prime number of slots that prevents the biasing
- hythloday 14y agoIt's to protect against bad hashing algorithms: http://www.concentric.net/~Ttwang/tech/primehash.htm http://www.concentric.net/~Ttwang/tech/primehash.htm