Revision history for Data-HexConverter

0.01    2025-07-28 15:00:00
    - First version of Data::HexConverter

0.02    2025-07-29
    - corrected module location

0.03    2025-07-30
    - fixed error in POD, added test for 1M string

0.04 2025-07-31
    - removed Data/HexConverter.pm from MANIFEST.  The correct entry is already in the file.

0.51 2025-11-02
    - Add XS wrapper over SIMD hex<->bin core (src/hexsimd.c)
    - Runtime CPU dispatch (scalar/SSE2/AVX2/AVX-512 when built)
    - Perl API now uses scalar refs:
        hex_to_binary(\$hex)
        binary_to_hex(\$bin)
    - Proper handling of empty strings and odd-length hex (croaks)
    - Build works on AVX-512 and non-AVX-512 x86_64 (OL8 tested)
	 - added C demo instructions
	 - added src/ files
	 - changed version to 0.51 

0.6 2025-11-02
    - fixed a typo in HexConverter.pm
	 - additional instructions for C demo programs.

0.6 2025-11-02
    - added benchmark.pl and testdata.txt

0.61 2025-11-02
    - changed version number

0.62 2025-11-04
    - added additional avx512 compile flags
	   - Makefile.PL
		- make-dist.mk

0.63 2025-11-04
    - changes to src/hexsimd.c and Makefile.PL to allow correct compilation on machines with/without avx512 capabilities
