Rewriting a Ruby C Extension in Rust: How a Naive One-Liner Beats C

For those not interested in watching a long video:

The C code: https://github.com/SamSaffron/fast_blank/blob/master/ext/fas...

The Rust code which is slightly faster: https://gist.github.com/robinsonstrategy/794164e992bec9ca9b8...

I am just learning to program, and I chose Rust as my first language. I now realize how spoiled I am.