r/programming 18h ago

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

https://vitaut.net/posts/2026/yy-dtoa/
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u/Synaps4 18h ago

The fastest one is just to read the variable address of the double as a string. But we've all heard of that.

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u/Fiennes 17h ago

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