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Is string.GetHashCode() sufficent for word dictionaries in nlp?

May 1, 2011 See the question and my original answer on StackOverflow

The default implementation of the GetHashCode method does not guarantee unique return values for different objects. Furthermore, the .NET Framework does not guarantee the default implementation of the GetHashCode method, and the value it returns will be the same between different versions of the .NET Framework. Consequently, the default implementation of this method must not be used as a unique object identifier for hashing purposes.