=== REFERENCES =================================================================

  [1] Strager (2023) "Faster than Rust and C++: the PERFECT hash table"
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMQ_HcNSOAI

  [2] J. Sorber (2020) " Understanding and implementing a Hash Table (in C)"
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ti5yvumFTU