minus-squarelemmyng@lemmy.catoTechnology@lemmy.world•A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoI haven’t read the Tiny Pointers article yet, but the OP article implies that the new hash tables may rely on them. If so, then the blocker could be the introduction (or lack thereof) of tiny pointers in programming languages. linkfedilink
minus-squarelemmyng@lemmy.catoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•are there any new-ish phones that are small?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days ago“Mini”. With a 6.3 inch screen this is like calling Shaq small because he’s shorter than Yao Ming. linkfedilink
minus-squarelemmyng@lemmy.catoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•The English word "four" has 4 letters. Are there any other numbers where the English name for them has that many letters?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days ago linkfedilink
I haven’t read the Tiny Pointers article yet, but the OP article implies that the new hash tables may rely on them. If so, then the blocker could be the introduction (or lack thereof) of tiny pointers in programming languages.