[rl3]

>Better performance than C

That's a bold, yet generalized statement.

[falcolas]

And, from most indications, incorrect. I think it's beat one C program on Alloth's benchmark game in processing time, but has been beat in the others.

It performs on par with C++, on the other hand, for what that's worth.

[steveklabnik]

Remember that the benchmark game is a game, and it has rules. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13267312 is a recent thread about Rust and these rules on at least one benchmark.

Many of the others boil down to "explicit SIMD isn't in stable yet."

[colemickens]

Interesting reading in this area in case anyone missed it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13268051

[quotemstr]

The Java people made the same bold claims back in the day.