Hash Functions

[Emma Wrigley]

I've never had the opportunity to smoke a hash function, though if
anybody has a better idea for using a mathematical function I'd love to
hear it!

<-----Original Message-----> 
>From: rich [richard.romeo at gmail.com]
>Sent: 18/6/2010 9:40:31 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Hash Functions
>
>A hash function is any well-defined procedure or mathematical function
>that converts a large, possibly variable-sized amount of data into a
>small datum, usually a single integer that may serve as an index to an
>array.
>
>don't have to be a math major to say duh.
>
>have u ever smoked the stuff? and index to an array is as fine a
>description as any of being in lala land
>
>good times
>
>rich
>.
> 
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