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> Servo is one of the most important software projects, since it will hopefully give us a secure or at least securable browser I'm very interested in Rust, and

> Servo is one of the most important software projects, since it will hopefully give us a secure or at least securable browser I'm very interested in Rust, and in Servo as a "killer app" that demonstrates its promise. But what if they go to all this trouble, and it's significantly slower than C++-based browsers? (Yes, Rust can be as fast or faster in theory, but C and C++ have so much more resources behind them.) How much is stability and security worth to you? I see (admittedly abstract) tradeoffs made in favor of performance all the time in software where data integrity is supposedly paramount. Will we really make different choices in consumer software?

jitl 11y ago
In their benchmarks it performs favorably when compared to Firefox's gecko engine: http://take.ms/LeUjm http://take.ms/LeUjm
steveklabnik 11y ago
> C and C++ have so much more resources behind them Since we use LLVM, we get all of the gains involved when Apple and other companies make it better. So that helps.
pcwalton 11y ago
> But what if they go to all this trouble, and it's significantly slower than C++-based browsers? Do you have any specific reasons why this would be the case?