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Re:Why databases use ordered indexes but programming uses ha... by LgWoodenBadger on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @11:22AM (#21753866)
IDEs have had good equals/hashcode auto-generation mechanisms for years.

Java itself introduced Objects.hash(Object...) in 1.7 https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Objects....

It's never really been an issue at all to implement equals/hashcode, which you're required to do for effectively all Collections-based usage anyway.

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