We Rewrote Our Project With Rust…and It’s Almost 40X Faster

@faun ・ Mar 24,2023

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We Rewrote Our Project With Rust…and It’s Almost 40X Faster

This article describes the process of rewriting an open-source constraint-based record and functional language called KCL from Python to Rust.

The decision to choose Rust was based on its:

memory security mechanism,
performance advantages,
excellent developer community,
and toolchains.

The rewrite resulted in fewer bugs, improved language end-to-end compilation and execution performance, and better memory usage. However, the team encountered difficulties in mental transformation and development efficiency due to their lack of experience in writing a project with Rust.

Despite these challenges, the project's rewrite was successful and resulted in a more stable and efficient system with better error handling and memory management.

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