Changing the `Binary` instance for `Double` and `Float`
Haskell Community [Unofficial]
March 6, 2026
jaror:
8x speed up
That’s an incredibly specific (and short) case, for an apples-to-apples comparison you need to remove unnecessary laziness from the original. Also I have no idea why data is stored in cons-lists.
jaror:
I think it should be possible to write a more efficient package
And I think there shouldn’t be just one package, there should be a solid default choice that balances power and efficiency, and a bunch of faster libraries that sacrifice power. (pretty much what we already have, except binary could do way more)
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