[bitkrieg]

> We built hash tables by converting strings to integers and then using modulus

What's wrong with that?

[Taek]

https://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/49550/which-...

We were essentially doing the lose-lose algorithm. It's a functioning hash table but there's a lot of room for improvement.

[bitkrieg]

Ah, ok. Using something like loose-loose as hash function is indeed a terrible idea.