# Alternatives, Inspiration and Comparisons { #alternatives-inspiration-and-comparisons }

What inspired **FastAPI**, how it compares to alternatives and what it learned from them.

## Intro { #intro }

**FastAPI** wouldn't exist if not for the previous work of others.

There have been many tools created before that have helped inspire its creation.

                md4.digest(dest, offset, 16);
                break;
            }
        } catch (final Exception e) {
            throw new SmbException("", e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Compares two {@code NtlmPasswordAuthentication} objects for
     * equality. Two {@code NtlmPasswordAuthentication} objects are equal if

     * {@code " x "} (space, letter x, space), followed by the count.
     */
    @Override
    String toString();
  }

  // Comparison and hashing

  /**
   * Compares the specified object with this multiset for equality. Returns {@code true} if the
   * given object is also a multiset and contains equal elements with equal counts, regardless of
   * order.
   */
  @Override

    checkNotNull(action);
    entrySet().forEach(entry -> action.accept(entry.getElement(), entry.getCount()));
  }

  // Comparison and hashing

  /**
   * Compares the specified object with this multiset for equality. Returns {@code true} if the
   * given object is also a multiset and contains equal elements with equal counts, regardless of
   * order.
   */
  @Override

    while (total < len) {
      int result = in.read(b, off + total, len - total);
      if (result == -1) {
        break;
      }
      total += result;
    }
    return total;
  }

  /** Compares the contents of the two {@link InputStream}s for equality. */
  static boolean contentsEqual(InputStream in1, InputStream in2) throws IOException {
    byte[] buf1 = createBuffer();
    byte[] buf2 = createBuffer();

      Comparator<? super E> comparator) {
    return new TreeSet<>(checkNotNull(comparator));
  }

  /**
   * Creates an empty {@code Set} that uses identity to determine equality. It compares object
   * references, instead of calling {@code equals}, to determine whether a provided object matches
   * an element in the set. For example, {@code contains} returns {@code false} when passed an

	if r == 0 {
		r = reseed()
	}
	// constants from Numerical Recipes
	r = r*1664525 + 1013904223
	randN = r
	randmu.Unlock()
	return strconv.Itoa(int(1e9 + r%1e9))[1:]
}

// isSameType - compares two object types via reflect.TypeOf
func isSameType(obj1, obj2 any) bool {
	return reflect.TypeOf(obj1) == reflect.TypeOf(obj2)
}

	The fields are compared in source order, and comparison stops as
	soon as two field values differ (or all fields have been compared).
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	Array types are comparable if their array element types are comparable.
	Two array values are equal if their corresponding element values are equal.
	The elements are compared in ascending index order, and comparison stops

        .isEqualTo(0);
  }

  public void testManyEqual() {
    assertThat(
            ComparisonChain.start()
                .compare(1, 1)
                .compare(1L, 1L)
                .compareFalseFirst(true, true)
                .compare(1.0, 1.0)
                .compare(1.0f, 1.0f)
                .compare("a", "a", Ordering.usingToString())

## Benchmarks and speed { #benchmarks-and-speed }

When you check the benchmarks, it is common to see several tools of different types compared as equivalent.

Specifically, to see Uvicorn, Starlette and FastAPI compared together (among many other tools).