Faster alternative to Number::Format and also fastest date formatting

ganeshk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Is there any faster alternative to the Number::Format::format_number() like something written in C etc.?

Update: I also want to ask for which module does fast date formatting. Currently I am using Time::Piece. I took a glance at Date::Calc in CPAN but it doesn't seem to support date formatting.

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Re: Faster alternative to Number::Format and also fastest date formatting by jettero (Monsignor) on Aug 28, 2009 at 02:41 UTC
Number::Format is pure perl so it works everywhere really easily... I've never known it to be any slower than the surrounding perl. Really? POSIX has a function, strftime, that completely rocks for fast date formating. -Paul	[reply]

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