Hash implementation quality being equal, C++ may be faster for hash inputs greater than N bytes where the cost of jumping between JS and C++ does not outweigh the benefit. For keys smaller than N bytes, hashing in JS may be faster.
On Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:17:17 PM UTC+2, Mark Hahn wrote: > > Are you talking about calculating the hash in javascript? If so then a > third way, using a C++ extension, would be much faster than either 31 or 32. > > On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Joran Greef <jo...@ronomon.com> wrote: > >> If you're doing 32-bit hashes in Javascript and are willing to trade a >> bit, then a 31-bit hash may be at least an order of magnitude faster: >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/v8-users/zGCS_wEMawU/6mConTiBUyMJ >> >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> > > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
