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Zlib-rs is faster than C

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341 points dochtman | 3 comments | 16 Mar 25 19:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.716s | source
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kahlonel ◴[16 Mar 25 20:04 UTC] No.43381785[source]▶
You mean the implementation is faster than the one in C. Because nothing is “faster than C”.
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1. arlort ◴[16 Mar 25 20:07 UTC] No.43381811[source]▶
Tachyons?
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2. einpoklum ◴[16 Mar 25 20:29 UTC] No.43382001[source]▶
Maybe if you reverse the beam polarity and route them through the main deflector array.
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3. layer8 ◴[16 Mar 25 21:08 UTC] No.43382326[source]▶
But that requires rerouting auxiliary power from life support to the shield generators. In Rust you would need to use unsafe for that.