[rurban]

meow is certainly not solid. it's brand new and still being discussed.

regarding the "extremely fast" claim: it's only fast for large blocks, not for normal strings. it's the perfect hash for a file or block digest, certainly not for a hash table.

[seppoastian]

According to the developer the upcoming release will be faster even for small blocks

https://twitter.com/cmuratori/status/1060718409296437249

[rurban]

tip: Whenever someone is claiming "extremely fast", like xxhash or meow look at independent benchmarks. Nobody beats the simplest multiplicative hashes, esp. such big ones.