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		MallocVoidstar 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Libbbf: Bound Book Format, A high-performance cont... > It’s not cryptographically secure Neither is CRC32. I'm pretty sure xxhash is a straight upgrade compared to CRC32.

myrmidon 17 days ago [–]

> I'm pretty sure xxhash is a straight upgrade compared to CRC32.

Unclear; performance should be pretty similar to CRC32 (depending on implementation), and since integrity checking can basically be done at RAM read speeds this should not matter either way.

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