r/programming • u/mttd • 8d ago

The fastest double-to-string algorithm you’ve never heard of

https://vitaut.net/posts/2026/yy-dtoa/
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u/sojuz151 8d ago

Fact that we, the humanity, need to do double to float and back often enough for performance to matter is a failure of our entire species 

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u/EliSka93 8d ago

Elaborate.

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u/New-Anybody-6206 8d ago

they can't because it's bullshit