From: Nikolai Weibull Date: 2011-12-30T18:59:50+09:00 Subject: Re: What’s the standard way of implementing #hash for value objects in Ruby? On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 10:42, Yong Li wrote: > Maybe you will be interested in reading "Introduction to Algorithms". > There is a whole chapter discussing how to implement hash tables > including criteria of good hash functions. What in what I’ve written in this thread suggests that I don’t know anything about hash tables and hashing functions? I have read said book, chapter 6 of The Art of Computer Programming, and many other books and articles that cover this subject. I don’t mention this to brag, but to point out the fact that this isn’t a newbie asking a question on this mailing list.