Thorsten Froehlich wrote:

> No, I didn't say it uses byte-code.  I said that it does what you were
> suggesting, and that was "binary code" :-)
>
> I interpreted "binary code" as using "hash value"...
>
> A hash table is basically a binary shortcut for a string, so all you need to
> do is generate the hash value and then compare two integers.  Of course
> there will be duplicate hash values, so you then compare just a few strings
> (or use another method - there are textbooks full of it).

Oh, well then I demand byte-code! :-)

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