fastapprox
Approximate and vectorized versions of common mathematical functions (by etheory)
openlibm
High quality system independent, portable, open source libm implementation (by JuliaMath)
| fastapprox | openlibm | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | |
| 50 | 487 | |
| - | 1.0% | |
| 0.0 | 6.4 | |
| about 7 years ago | 29 days ago | |
| Mathematica | C | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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fastapprox
Posts with mentions or reviews of fastapprox.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-17.
openlibm
Posts with mentions or reviews of openlibm.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-21.
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Openlibm and Julia
Note that openlibm is not all new code. Rather it’s based on the libm from a couple of the BSDs. See LICENSE.md
- Speeding Up `Atan2f` by 50x
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I figured out how you can calculate any square roots without calculator
if you're curious here's the standard algorithm computers use: https://github.com/JuliaMath/openlibm/blob/master/src/e_sqrt.c
What are some alternatives?
When comparing fastapprox and openlibm you can also consider the following projects:
libjxl - JPEG XL image format reference implementation
DirectXMath - DirectXMath is an all inline SIMD C++ linear algebra library for use in games and graphics apps
glibc - GNU Libc
crux - General purpose bitemporal database for SQL, Datalog & graph queries. Backed by @juxt [Moved to: https://github.com/xtdb/xtdb]
cmathl - A pure-C math library with a great variety of mathematical functions. Seeks to be close to C89/C90 compliant for portability.
nixpkgs - Nix Packages collection & NixOS
julia - The Julia Programming Language