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Fast lookup hash map implementations
I'm in the process of implementing a programming language on top of LLVM. For my polymorphic system, I'm looking for suggestions for a ultra-fast dictionary. I am not concerned with insert time, as ...
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Why store a function inside a python dictionary?
I'm a python beginner, and I just learned a technique involving dictionaries and functions. The syntax is easy and it seems like a trivial thing, but my python senses are tingling. Something tells me ...
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History of Associative Array?
In quite a lot of modern scripting languages (e.g. Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP, Lua, JavaScript), associative arrays are supported as a primitive or first-class data type (with various names like map, ...
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What is a good way to keep track of strings for dictionary lookups?
I am working through the Windows 8 app tutorial.
They have some code about saving app data like so:
private void NameInput_TextChanged(object sender, TextChangedEventArgs e)
{
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Efficient methods for storing tens of millions of objects for querying, with a high number of inserts per second?
This is basically a logging/counting application that is counting the number of packets and counting the type of packet, etc. on a p2p chat network. This equates to about 4-6 million packets in a 5 ...
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What are the relative advantages of dictionaries versus databases?
I have an environment that supports both dictionaries (json style) and databases (not relational or anything, just formatted data by row and column). My application doesn't really need database ...
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Practical size limits of a Hashtable and Dictionary in c#
What are the practical limits for the number of items a C# 4 Dictionary or Hashtable can contain and the total number of bytes these structures can reasonable contain. I'll be working with large ...
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Is there a good resource for coding terminology definitions?
As a constant learner, as we all are, I crave better learning resources.
One thing I have never had is a go to place for definitions of coding terminology, does anyone here have any recommendations? ...
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Should I use a Class or Dictionary to Store Form Values
I am working on a C# .NET Application, where I have a Form with lots of controls. I need to perform computations depending on the values of the controls. Therefore, I need to pass the Form values to a ...
