Hashes
Combination of linked list and array
Keys are strings
Math function turns string into a number
Number becomes the position in the array ("bucket")
Linked list at that position holds all key/value pairs whose keys hash to that position
(Where's that damn whiteboard?)
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YAPC 19101
, June 2001
Perl 5 Internals
Simon Cozens