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# Fast base16 support
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This package provides a Haskell library for working with base16-encoded
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data quickly and efficiently, using the ByteString type.
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# Performance
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This library is written in pure Haskell, and it's fast:
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* 250 MB/sec encoding
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* 200 MB/sec strict decoding (per RFC 4648)
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* 100 MB/sec lenient decoding
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# Get involved!
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Please report bugs via the
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[github issue tracker](http://github.com/bos/base16-bytestring).
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Master [github repository](http://github.com/bos/base16-bytestring):
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* `git clone git://github.com/bos/base16-bytestring.git`
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There's also a [Mercurial mirror](http://bitbucket.org/bos/base16-bytestring):
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* `hg clone http://bitbucket.org/bos/base16-bytestring`
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(You can create and contribute changes using either git or Mercurial.)
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# Authors
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This library is written and maintained by Bryan O'Sullivan,
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<bos@serpentine.com>.