diff --git a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
index cf2a5a61..98fbf4ac 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <cmath>
 
 namespace chaiscript {
   static const int version_major = 5;
@@ -119,6 +121,71 @@ namespace chaiscript {
       return iter;
     }
 
+
+  template<typename T>
+    auto parse_num(const char *t_str) -> typename std::enable_if<std::is_integral<T>::value, T>::type
+    {
+      T t = 0;
+      for (char c = *t_str; (c = *t_str); ++t_str) {
+        if (c < '0' || c > '9') {
+          return t;
+        }
+        t *= 10;
+        t += c - '0';
+      }
+      return t;
+    }
+
+
+  template<typename T>
+    auto parse_num(const char *t_str) -> typename std::enable_if<!std::is_integral<T>::value, T>::type
+    {
+      T t = 0;
+      T base = 0;
+      T decimal_place = 0;
+      bool exponent = false;
+      bool neg_exponent = false;
+
+      const auto final_value = [](const T val, const T baseval, const bool hasexp, const bool negexp) -> T {
+        if (!hasexp) {
+          return val;
+        } else {
+          return baseval * std::pow(T(10), val*T(negexp?-1:1));
+        }
+      };
+
+      for(char c = *t_str; (c = *t_str); ++t_str) {
+        if (c == '.') {
+          decimal_place = 10;
+        } else if (c == 'e' || c == 'E') {
+          exponent = true;
+          decimal_place = 0;
+          base = t;
+          t = 0;
+        } else if (c == '-' && exponent) {
+          neg_exponent = true;
+        } else if (c == '+' && exponent) {
+          neg_exponent = false;
+        } else if (c < '0' || c > '9') {
+          return final_value(t, base, exponent, neg_exponent);
+        } else if (decimal_place == 0) {
+          t *= T(10);
+          t += T(c - '0');
+        } else {
+          t += (T(c - '0') / (T(decimal_place)));
+          decimal_place *= 10;
+        }
+      }
+
+      return final_value(t, base, exponent, neg_exponent);
+    }
+
+  template<typename T>
+    T parse_num(const std::string &t_str)
+    {
+      return parse_num<T>(t_str.c_str());
+    }
+
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
index 684b766f..8fc9827e 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
@@ -621,11 +621,11 @@ namespace chaiscript
 
         if (float_)
         {
-          return const_var(std::stof(t_val.substr(0,i)));
+          return const_var(parse_num<float>(t_val.substr(0,i)));
         } else if (long_) {
-          return const_var(std::stold(t_val.substr(0,i)));
+          return const_var(parse_num<long double>(t_val.substr(0,i)));
         } else {
-          return const_var(std::stod(t_val.substr(0,i)));
+          return const_var(parse_num<double>(t_val.substr(0,i)));
         }
       }