There is a difference between C/C++, but for the purposes of this article it does not matter -- the point I am trying to make is that you would not use a hash table in any of them, would you?
The exact times are kind of pointless indeed, all what matters are the ratios. C benchmark would probably be as well. What I was trying to show was that your runtime comparisons are not necessarily comparing the same things.
There is a difference between C/C++, but for the purposes of this article it does not matter -- the point I am trying to make is that you would not use a hash table in any of them, would you?
The exact times are kind of pointless indeed, all what matters are the ratios. C benchmark would probably be as well. What I was trying to show was that your runtime comparisons are not necessarily comparing the same things.