diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d6ae279..7b3166a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -124,6 +124,22 @@ You can parse delimited numbers: // we have result == 324562.645. ``` + +## Relation With Other Work + +The fast_float library is part of: + +- GCC (as of version 12): the `from_chars` function in GCC relies on fast_float. +- [WebKit](https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit), the engine behind Safari (Apple's web browser) + + +The fastfloat algorithm is part of the [LLVM standard libraries](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/87c016078ad72c46505461e4ff8bfa04819fe7ba). + +There is a [derived implementation part of AdaCore](https://github.com/AdaCore/VSS). + + +The fast_float library provides a performance similar to that of the [fast_double_parser](https://github.com/lemire/fast_double_parser) library but using an updated algorithm reworked from the ground up, and while offering an API more in line with the expectations of C++ programmers. The fast_double_parser library is part of the [Microsoft LightGBM machine-learning framework](https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM). + ## Reference - Daniel Lemire, [Number Parsing at a Gigabyte per Second](https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.11408), Software: Practice and Experience 51 (8), 2021. @@ -136,16 +152,6 @@ You can parse delimited numbers: - [There is a C# port of the fast_float library](https://github.com/CarlVerret/csFastFloat) called `csFastFloat`. -## Relation With Other Work - -The fast_float library is part of GCC (as of version 12): the `from_chars` function in GCC relies on fast_float. - -The fastfloat algorithm is part of the [LLVM standard libraries](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/87c016078ad72c46505461e4ff8bfa04819fe7ba). - -The fast_float library provides a performance similar to that of the [fast_double_parser](https://github.com/lemire/fast_double_parser) library but using an updated algorithm reworked from the ground up, and while offering an API more in line with the expectations of C++ programmers. The fast_double_parser library is part of the [Microsoft LightGBM machine-learning framework](https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM). - -There is a [derived implementation part of AdaCore](https://github.com/AdaCore/VSS). - ## Users The fast_float library is used by [Apache Arrow](https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/8494) where it multiplied the number parsing speed by two or three times. It is also used by [Yandex ClickHouse](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse) and by [Google Jsonnet](https://github.com/google/jsonnet).