space-efficient top-N algorithm

[Rene Pijlman]

John Machin:
>Given that you were ignoring collisions, URL == digest
>for the purpose of my point

You can use your own approach if you like, but URL == digest
obviously wasn't part of mine.

>> Let me summarize in pseudocode...
[...]
>      # This will blow up the first time

No it won't. Like I said, its summarized pseudocode, not Python.
I think the intention was obvious, to a benevolent reader.

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