From: Christoph Rippel Date: 2000-12-30T13:40:01+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:8331] Re: speedup of anagram finder > I'm sorry to say that this kind of key is not unique for anagrams for You don't need to be sorry because you are wrong (and probably pretty thick headed about this) > each word. Use of prime numbers is essential here. > > -- Gotoken > Btw, I read as "key <<= 5" ;-) ^^ Thanks! Christoph