Decided to add some history to the comment.

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diff --git a/src/pearsonhash.h b/src/pearsonhash.h
index af8dfc3..2a9cfa7 100644
--- a/src/pearsonhash.h
+++ b/src/pearsonhash.h
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ namespace Bu
          * as it's output.  It is strongly dependant on every byte in the input,
          * which means that it's a good choice for adding to short messages to
          * ensure that the contents of the messages are unchanged.
+         *
+         * Pearson hash is named for it's inventor Peter K. Pearson who described
+         * it in his article "Fast hashing of variable-length text strings"
+         * published in 1990 by ACM.  I haven't read it, because you have to pay to
+         * get a copy :-P
          */
         class PearsonHash : public Bu::CryptoHash
         {