Is there any quantification on what "N" might be?

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Joran Greef <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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 <[email protected]> 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<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/v8-users/zGCS_wEMawU/6mConTiBUyMJ>
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