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    1 year ago

    Yes, that optimization is finally enabled now. But even without it, programmers are less defensive when writing rust because of the freedom of UB, so they write more optimal code and use better architectures before the compiler even comes into play. It doesn’t show in micro benchmarks, but in more complex software that has been written in rust from the start it’s pretty obvious.