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[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I found the study: https://doi.org/10.1145/3551349.3559494

It's open access, short, and really well written. Was a primary source of my bachelor's thesis.

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The results of this study suggest that rust programs can be a bit slower, or nearly match the performance of C programs on x86-64, and that the runtime checks play a big role in this dynamic.