:fastmatch</code> which do require
compilation, but in C. Otherwise, all dependencies do not require compilation.</p>
<p>By <strong>fast</strong>, I mean essentially as fast as possible without using compilation.</p>
<p>By <strong>stable</strong>, I mean that unit tests <em>should not change</em> unless the major
version also changes.  To make this completely transparent, tests include the version
of their introduction and are guaranteed to not be modified (not even in the sense of
adding extra, independent