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countwords
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parallel-hashmap
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unordered_dense
A fast & densely stored hashmap and hashset based on robin-hood backward shift deletion
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mlib
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- Factor is faster than Zig
- A simple hash table in C
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So what's the best data structures and algorithms library for C?
It could be that the cost of the function calls, either directly or via a pointer, is drowned out by the cost of the one or more cache misses inevitably invoked with every hash table lookup. But I don't want to say too much before I've finished my benchmarking project and published the results. So let me just caution against laser-focusing on whether the comparator and hash function are/can be inlined. For example stb_ds uses a hardcoded hash function that presumably gets inlined, but in my benchmarking (again, I'll publish it here in coming weeks) shows it to be generally a poor performer (in comparison to not just CC, the current version of which doesn't necessarily inline those functions, but also STC, khash, and the C++ Robin Hood hash tables I tested).
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Generic dynamic array in 60 lines of C
Not an entirely uncommon idea. I've written one.
There's also a well-known one here, in klib: https://github.com/attractivechaos/klib/blob/master/kvec.h
- C_dictionary: A simple dynamically typed and sized hashmap in C - feedback welcome
- Inside boost::unordered_flat_map
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Code reuse is achievable by (mis)using the preprocessor system. It is possible to build a somewhat usable API, even for intrusive data structures. (eg. the linux kernel and klib[1])
I do agree that generics are required for modern programming, but for some, the cost of complexity of modern languages (compared to C) and the importance of compatibility seem to outweigh the benefits.
[1]: http://attractivechaos.github.io/klib
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- boost::unordered map is a new king of data structures
- C++ containers but in C
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The primary programming language of Klib is C.
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