StringZilla
Languages and libraries
string library
SHOW HN2023
29points
5comments
#1,423of 3,109 in 2023
Top 46%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
2 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Impressive benchmarks and straightforward API
From 1 comment
I took a look at Stringzilla (https://github.com/ashvardanian/stringzilla), and in addition to the impressive benchmarks, the API looks pretty straightforward. It's a new star in…
itkent on HN
SWAR bit tricks are useful when SIMD is unavailable
From 1 comment
Cool library. This sounds like SWAR (simd within a register). I’ve seen these techniques give a nice speed up especially when SIMD isn’t available or a pain (eg in Java…
gwittel on HN
Requests
Add reverse functions such as rsplit and rfind
From 1 comment
Thank you too! Once I have time to implement rsplit/rfind and similar reverse functions, it should be a drop-in replacement for the Python string.
ashvardanian on HN