GORUCO 2012
Why Hashes Will Be Faster in Ruby 2.0
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Pat Shaughnessy
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In this micro talk, I'll review the basic theory behind hash functions and hash tables, show you the new internal data structures that Ruby 2.0 uses to save keys and values, and present some performance data that proves this optimization exists and how much time it will actually save you.
