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>
>
> > Moving all the keywords into a hashtable, and using that to
> differentiate
> > between keywords and identifiers actually works very well.
>
> I never understood why people use a hash table rather than a pattern match
> in
> OCaml.
>

Because, at least what I think, comparing strings using a hash-table is way
faster than comparing them using pattern-matching.

- Tom

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<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>&gt; Moving all the keywords into a hashtable, and using that to differentiate<br>&gt; between keywords and identifiers actually works very well.
<br><br>I never understood why people use a hash table rather than a pattern match in<br>OCaml.<br></blockquote></div><br>Because, at least what I think, comparing strings using a hash-table is way faster than comparing them using pattern-matching. 
<br><br>- Tom<br>

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