Zlib-rs is faster than C

"faster than C" almost always boils down to different designs, implementations, algorithms, etc.

Perhaps it is faster than already-existing implementations, sure, but not "faster than C", and it is odd to make such claims.

If anything, this should be “zlib-rs is faster than zlib-ng”, but not “$library is faster than $programming_language”.

I am hopping on Rust threads on HN very regularly and I have to tell you my anecdotal experience.

Which is: people complaining about Rust zealots are much more than actual Rust zealots. Thinking of it, I haven't seen a proper Rust zealot on HN for at least a year at this point.

So I don't know, maybe do less cheap digs. Tearing down straw men is pretty boring to watch.

It is not limited to rust zealots or whatever. I have seen this phenomenon of people criticising a certain category for doing something in the comment section on reddit/youtube, but never actually seen the people doing that thing, even browsing the most heavily downvoted comments. Some weird group mentality victimisation.