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JIT/interpreted languages (Java, JS, Python etc.) cannot compete with optimized code from compiled languages. The tradeoff is that Rust is lower-level, so it i
by shepherdjerred 4y ago
JIT/interpreted languages (Java, JS, Python etc.) cannot compete with optimized code from compiled languages.
The tradeoff is that Rust is lower-level, so it is harder to write. If performance were the only point of comparison for a language, then we'd all be using assembly. We choose to trade performance for productivity when we're able to.