Poul-Henning Kamp

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You're doing it wrong: B-heap 10x faster than binary heap (2010)

2019229 points95 comments Math & Algorithms details

Would you believe me, if I claimed that an algorithm which has been on the books as "optimal" for 46 years, which have been analyzed in excruciating detail by geniuses like Knuth and taught in all CS courses in the world, can be optimized to run ten times faster ?

Md5crypt is no longer strong enough

2012176 points136 comments Security & Privacy details