> other network services better than the JVM with its hot spot?
JVM hotspot optimization is just band-aid for something Rust does always everywhere naturally? Assuming that you use lifetimes etc properly and not going to Arc rampage.
Rust:
concat/string time: [77.801 ns 78.103 ns 78.430 ns] change: [+0.0275% +0.3169% +0.6169%] (p = 0.03 < 0.05) Change within noise threshold. formatted/string time: [31.471 ns 31.569 ns 31.699 ns] change: [+0.1277% +0.3915% +0.6788%] (p = 0.01 < 0.05). Change within noise threshold.
Benchmarks.concat string avgt 15 8.632 ± 0.105 ns/op Benchmarks.format string avgt 15 64.971 ± 1.406 ns/op
Rust:
Java Java's string concat is faster than rust's offerings.