> I don't think anyone on the Rust side is seriously saying that Rust is faster than C and is pointing to the shootout leaderboard as evidence. It's not an arg

> I don't think anyone on the Rust side is seriously saying that Rust is faster than C and is pointing to the shootout leaderboard as evidence. It's not an argument to be used against Rust; people who understand programming know this already. It's an argument to be used against Rust's fanboys, who are especially numerous for this language.