[boroadlkjq]

Are there other weird number hacks like this one?

[matwood]

Look at the hashCode() implementations in http://grepcode.com/file/repository.grepcode.com/java/root/j...

For example:

public static int hashCode(double a[])

{

if (a == null) return 0;

        int result = 1;
        for (double element : a) {
            long bits = Double.doubleToLongBits(element);
            result = 31 * result + (int)(bits ^ (bits >>> 32));
        }
        return result;
    }

[snotrockets]

Why is this weird? It's the textbook method for doing hashes.

[matwood]

It is textbook, but the poster asked for seemingly random numbers in code. Based on all the places the invsqrt method has popped up, it also was a textbook method for doing it quickly.