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		koromak on June 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hashing Its kind of confusing that the author use JS objects (aka hashes) as an entry inside the HashMap he's building. I think building the concept of a hash from the ground up would be more illuminating.

samwho on June 20, 2023 [–]

I agonised over this. I did originally have a version that used 2-element arrays instead, but the resulting code felt more dense and hard to follow.

I figured that people who know enough to point this out already know what's up. People who don't will benefit from the code being easier to read.

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