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Hash consing

In computer science, particularly in functional programming, hash consing is a technique used to share values that are structurally equal. When a value is constructed, such as a cons cell, the technique checks if such a value has been constructed before, and if so reuses the previous value, avoiding a new memory allocation. A useful property of hash…

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Hash consing → ACM, Annecy, Associative Algorithms, Communications, Eiichi, Exercise, Extended Lisp, Fast Equality, February, Goto, Implementing Functional Languages, In Journées Francophones, Jean Goubault, JFLA’93, Langages Applicatifs, Maps, Monocopy, On, S2CID, Sets
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