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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: multi-line Strings
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On 12/18/2012 5:57 PM, Arved Sandstrom wrote:
> [...]
> Let me give you an example: the use of 31 in many functions for hashing
> strings. What are you going to nominate as a name for that particular
> number?

     Not precisely what you asked for, and not even the value
that you asked for, and not in Java, but a colleague once found:

	#define HASHSIZE 51  /* a smallish prime */

You may cringe when you are ready, Gridley.

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Eric Sosman
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