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Rust Coreutils 0.8 Delivers 45% Faster dd — Real Deal?

Rust Coreutils 0.8 isn't messing around: 45% faster dd, quicker startups, and 94.74% GNU test suite pass rate. Skeptical? The benchmarks don't lie.

Benchmark graph showing Rust Coreutils 0.8 dd 45% faster than GNU

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • 45% faster dd, quicker startups, 3% numfmt gain — tangible speedups. 𝕏
  • 94.74% GNU test suite pass rate, WASI playground for easy testing. 𝕏
  • Safer code, no unsafe in key utils — production contender emerging. 𝕏
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