It was based on lack of knowledge about Rust. I didn't know any of those things about Rust. I assumed it was similar to Go (garbage collected, at the least). As

It was based on lack of knowledge about Rust. I didn't know any of those things about Rust. I assumed it was similar to Go (garbage collected, at the least). As I mentioned, I don't know a lot about either language; less about Rust. Which is why I mentioned I'd like to see a discussion about why Rust was faster.