On 2 Dec 2013, at 3:36 pm, ChanMaxthon <xcvi...@me.com> wrote: > How about this: treat the data as an array of 64-bit integers (zero-padded) > and XOR them together? That will be really fast and you will be able to > asm-optimize it.
There are plenty of fast hash algorithms that are proven to work. As I learned early on, inventing your own without a lot of thought rarely pans out well. The issue now isn’t how to hash, it’s whether hashing is considered a safe enough approach for the use-case. —Graham _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
