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Modules for hash functions? (ie, common algorithms for computing hash keys, not manipulating perl hashes) weston 08-26-2006
Posted by weston on August 26, 2006, 7:08 pm
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Are there any modules out there for common string hashing algorithms?
I've got a project where I'm going to be setting up a database of
texts, potentially large, amongst which we'll need to be able to
identify duplicate texts quickly.


Posted by John W. Krahn on August 26, 2006, 8:47 pm
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weston wrote:
> Are there any modules out there for common string hashing algorithms?
> I've got a project where I'm going to be setting up a database of
> texts, potentially large, amongst which we'll need to be able to
> identify duplicate texts quickly.

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