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Subject: Re: does a safer language mean it is slower to run?
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On 08/06/2023 16:19, Luke A. Guest wrote:
>On 08/06/2023 04:55, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
>> Some folks in this thread
>> 
>> https://discourse.julialang.org/t/comparison-of-rust-to-julia-for-scientific-computing/78508
>> 
>> "I’m not an expert, but my feeling is that Rust is a “safer” language,
>> which to me means it must be slower."
>

Rust isn't a safer language. Rust is more targetted at the heap which is
 slower than the stack. Additionally if you use Adas type system well then
 you can remove input validation checks again making Ada faster. The
 compiler is better and safer at optimising checks away.


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Regards, Kc