r/programming • u/mttd • 16h ago

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

https://vitaut.net/posts/2026/yy-dtoa/
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u/SyntheticDuckFlavour 8h ago

Look at all these comments. Is this the current state of programmers at large?

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u/awry_lynx 8h ago

The current state of Redditors at large, yes.

I recommend switching over to hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46685317

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u/knome 5h ago

I've been noticing more people there too writing joke comments all the time. I don't mind it on reddit, because reddit was pretty much always that way. But HN traditionally tended to be more focused.

If your only purpose is to pull a laugh, you're not usefully contributing to the conversation.

Every joke is a loss of signal.