1<HTML> 2<HEAD> 3<!-- This HTML file has been created by texi2html 1.52b 4 from gperf.texi on 19 March 2013 --> 5 6<META HTTP-EQUIV="content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> 7<TITLE>Perfect Hash Function Generator - Contributors to GNU gperf Utility</TITLE> 8</HEAD> 9<BODY> 10Go to the <A HREF="gperf_1.html">first</A>, <A HREF="gperf_1.html">previous</A>, <A HREF="gperf_3.html">next</A>, <A HREF="gperf_10.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="gperf_toc.html">table of contents</A>. 11<P><HR><P> 12 13 14<H1><A NAME="SEC2" HREF="gperf_toc.html#TOC2">Contributors to GNU <CODE>gperf</CODE> Utility</A></H1> 15 16 17<UL> 18<LI> 19 20<A NAME="IDX1"></A> 21The GNU <CODE>gperf</CODE> perfect hash function generator utility was 22written in GNU C++ by Douglas C. Schmidt. The general 23idea for the perfect hash function generator was inspired by Keith 24Bostic's algorithm written in C, and distributed to net.sources around 251984. The current program is a heavily modified, enhanced, and extended 26implementation of Keith's basic idea, created at the University of 27California, Irvine. Bugs, patches, and suggestions should be reported 28to <CODE><bug-gnu-gperf@gnu.org></CODE>. 29 30<LI> 31 32Special thanks is extended to Michael Tiemann and Doug Lea, for 33providing a useful compiler, and for giving me a forum to exhibit my 34creation. 35 36In addition, Adam de Boor and Nels Olson provided many tips and insights 37that greatly helped improve the quality and functionality of <CODE>gperf</CODE>. 38 39<LI> 40 41Bruno Haible enhanced and optimized the search algorithm. He also rewrote 42the input routines and the output routines for better reliability, and 43added a testsuite. 44</UL> 45 46<P><HR><P> 47Go to the <A HREF="gperf_1.html">first</A>, <A HREF="gperf_1.html">previous</A>, <A HREF="gperf_3.html">next</A>, <A HREF="gperf_10.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="gperf_toc.html">table of contents</A>. 48</BODY> 49</HTML> 50