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Re:Rust vs C Pitfalls by steveklabnik on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @12:13PM (#13271889)
You're making an assumption that the C code is allowed to have the same algorithm as the Rust code. This is not actually exactly true, based on the rules of the game.
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Re:Rust vs C Pitfalls by igouy on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @01:41PM (#13272555)
Where is it forbidden for programs written in C to use FNV?

For example https://github.com/haipome/fnv/blob/master/fnv.c

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Re:Rust vs C Pitfalls by steveklabnik on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @01:58PM (#13272701)
I'm referring to my reply to you above about not being able to implement a different map, not the hash function itself.
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