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 # float16
 
-This a fork of [half](https://crates.io/crates/half/), which removes most dependencies and fixing minor correctness issues. This has no affiliation to half.
+This a fork of [half](https://crates.io/crates/half/), which removes most dependencies and fixing minor correctness issues (at a minor performance penalty). This has no affiliation to [`half`].
 
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