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Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Conventions and "tricks" used in Forth
Message-ID: <1810.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 5 Oct 90 03:27:22 GMT
Organization: String, Scotch tape, and Paperclips.  (in Pgh, PA)
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 Date: 09-21-90 (12:02)              Number: 3814 (Echo)
   To: CHARLIE HITSELBERGER          Refer#: 3809
 From: PETE KOZIAR                     Read: 09-21-90 (12:09)
 Subj: HASHED VOCABULARIES           Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE

 F83 and its derivatives use hashing to separate the dictionary into 
 multiple threads based on hash key.  The hashing used in what I'm 
 familiar with is sum of the ASCII of the characters mod something. 
 I've also seen first character plus lenngth, I believe. 
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