Nice analysis. Since that post was submitted Murmurhash 3 and a number of other notable hash functions have been released. If you liked the linked post you sho

Nice analysis. Since that post was submitted Murmurhash 3 and a number of other notable hash functions have been released. If you liked the linked post you should go read Aggregate Knowledge's series of posts on hash functions for a look at some newer algorithms: http://blog.aggregateknowledge.com/2012/02/02/choosing-a-good-hash-function-part-3/ http://blog.aggregateknowledge.com/2012/02/02/choosing-a-goo...