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From:
Reini Urban
Date:
December 30, 2011 13:39
Subject:
Re: perl's hash randomization in the news
Message ID:
DA776E49-D1EC-4ED9-B6A2-82FEEA0DA12F@x-ray.at

Am 30.12.2011 um 10:31 schrieb Tom Christiansen:

>> What I find ironic is that at the time folks from other languages were
>> using this against us...
> 
> Really?  That's interesting.  Could you elaborate a bit on that, please?

What I remember was that the random order of keys with the new perl 
hashes caused other languages to feel superior: 
"Our hash key order is predictable and always the same"

Stupid.

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