You are absolutely correct. I should say that the THEORETICAL performance of Rust may be competitive with C++, maybe even faster in some cases, but that work r

You are absolutely correct. I should say that the THEORETICAL performance of Rust may be competitive with C++, maybe even faster in some cases, but that work remains to be done to get it there. My above statement assumes that this day will come, or that the performance at least reaches a point that will allow a reasonable engineer to choose Rust over C or C++ for something that performance is a crucial consideration for.