I remember Dan Rall saying at the time it was because it was prime. WILL
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Antonio Petrelli <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/5/11 Matt Brown <[email protected]>: >> When resource caching is enabled in Velocity, and the default cache >> (ResourceCacheImpl) is used, the default size of the LRU cache used (if not >> otherwise set) is 89. >> >> Just curious - anyone know how/why the value of 89 was chosen? > > IMHO, it could be that 89 is a prime number, and it is a good number > when doing division-based hashes. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function#Variable_range > > However, I cannot tell why 89 and not another prime number. > > Antonio > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
