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Question, is Rust inherently faster than C? I thought the main benefits were safer code. Is it just the fact that you looked at what needed optimized and put s

by collyw 8y ago

Question, is Rust inherently faster than C? I thought the main benefits were safer code. Is it just the fact that you looked at what needed optimized and put some effort in or did the language choice help?

steveklabnik 8y ago
It can be, but "inherently" is a bit strong. There's also the question of "the best Rust programmer vs the best C programmer" vs "the average Rust programmer" vs the "average C programmer" here too.