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		pyrolistical 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Fast 64-Bit Date Algorithm (30–40% faster by cou... For something this short that is pure math, why not just hand write asm for the most popular platforms? Prevents compiler from deoptimizing in the future. Have a fallback with this algorithm for all other platforms.

flumpcakes 3 months ago | [–]

This pretty much is assembly written as C++... there's not much the compiler can ruin.

Jaxan 3 months ago | [–]

Because that isn’t portable?

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