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        sans-serif">You may use any hashing/mapping algorithm you like;
        xxhash was just a personal choice given it's emphasis on speed.<br>
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        The "robot" format of output is what must match up with your own
        output.  The "human" format is strictly optional, and if you
        choose to create a human-readable output format option for your
        own code, it can look however you want it to.<br>
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        Remember to email your ssh key to me if you want server access
        and the ability to test your code against the reference data.<br>
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        --Tommy Butler<br>
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        On 12/31/2013 04:19 AM, Joakim Lagerqvist wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hello
          Tommy,<br>
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            <div class="gmail_quote"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                sans-serif">On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Tommy
                Butler <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:dfwpm@internetalias.net"
                    target="_blank">dfwpm@internetalias.net</a>></span>
                wrote:<br>
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                    face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b><i>Please
                        take time to compare your code output to the
                        output of the "reference design" code on github.
                        If your output is not identical, then you will
                        be disqualified for producing incorrect
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              <div class="gmail_extra"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                  sans-serif">In your reference design "human" output,
                  you have included the xxHash value, is this needed for
                  the contest? If another digest/method has been used to
                  identify the duplicates, it will not match up.<br>
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                  Cheers and happy new year,<br>
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              <div class="gmail_extra"><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                  sans-serif">Joakim<br>
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