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* DJBX33A (Daniel J. Bernstein, Times 33 with Addition) | |
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* This is Daniel J. Bernstein's popular `times 33' hash function as | |
* posted by him years ago on comp.lang.c. It basically uses a function | |
* like ``hash(i) = hash(i-1) * 33 + str[i]''. This is one of the best | |
* known hash functions for strings. Because it is both computed very | |
* fast and distributes very well. | |
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* The magic of number 33, i.e. why it works better than many other |