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Re: resource.manager.defaultcache.size of 89 - any reason why?

by Antonio Petrelli-3 :: Rate this Message:

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2009/5/11 Matt Brown <Matt.Brown@...>:
> When resource caching is enabled in Velocity, and the default cache (ResourceCacheImpl) is used, the default size of the LRU cache used (if not otherwise set) is 89.
>
> Just curious - anyone know how/why the value of 89 was chosen?

IMHO, it could be that 89 is a prime number, and it is a good number
when doing division-based hashes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function#Variable_range

However, I cannot tell why 89 and not another prime number.

Antonio

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