A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.

Cat · 2 months ago

A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.

@frezik@midwest.social · 2 months ago

JSON libraries are stupidly well optimized. There are binary encoding schemes that are faster and more compact, but its hard to beat JSON for text-based.

Trailblazing Braille Taser · 2 months ago

Everyone prepare for your minds to be blown:

A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.

A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.

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