Debunking "Faster than Rust": Malicious Benchmarks in Tov
Summary
An in-depth debunking of Tov's benchmarks that claim it outperforms Rust. The post analyzes three inflated benchmarks (bigint_fib, dispatch, map_insert), shows they are crafted to slow Rust, and argues Rust remains at least as fast as Tov or faster when benchmarks are fair. It also critiques the benchmarking methodology and the choice of libraries, and calls for invalidation of the original results.