The curl team shares initial results from their new performance testing infrastructure, revealing multiple speed improvements in curl 8.23.0 including faster base64 encoding/decoding, URL encoding/decoding, date parsing, and URL parsing. While most users won't notice dramatic differences, these micro-optimizations reflect the project's commitment to efficiency.
Background
curl is a widely used command-line tool and library for data transfer supporting multiple protocols. The project has introduced a new performance testing infrastructure in August 2026 to continuously monitor and improve speed.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Oct 13, 2026 at 02:26 PM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10