A fast hash function for string in C#

Question

I want to hash a string of length up-to 30. What will be the best idea to do that if time is my concern. The function will be called over 100 million times. currently I am u

Answer 1

static UInt64 CalculateHash(string read)
{
    UInt64 hashedValue = 3074457345618258791ul;
    for(int i=0; i

This is a Knuth hash. You can also use Jenkins.