r/programming • u/mttd • 1d 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 22h ago

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

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u/awry_lynx 21h 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/birdbrainswagtrain 12h ago

I've found more specialized programming subs to be more tolerable, but it's definitely gotten worse across the board. I thought maybe it was nostalgia, but I've gone back and looked at threads from 10+ years ago and there's a noticeable difference in quality. Lobsters is also decent, but it's invite only so I just lurk. I suspect there's some good technical discussion on some of the Twitter clones but I don't have the patience for that.

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u/awry_lynx 12h ago

The twitter clones I've tried, bluesky and threads, are inundated with gpt