Re: [Monotone-devel] Hash collisions resiliency

[J C Lawrence]

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:17:53 +0200 
Jon Bright <address@hidden> wrote:
> J C Lawrence wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:20:57 +0200 Jon Bright <address@hidden>
>> wrote:

> Since no-one else is worrying about this, I figure only the
> probability of it happening to you matters.  

I currently work for a group of computational statisticians at a large
pharma corp.  We've been using BitKeeper happily for some projects and
are now looking for a replacement.  On discussion of Monotone's use of
hashes, the detection and handling of collisions was their first
question and concern, and at this point may be a large enough point to
push them elsewhere.  I don't consider my concerns unjustified.

> Either way, if these are the things keeping you awake at night, I wish
> I had your problems.

Hehn.  

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