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+# Rust vs Go
+
+This repository contains two quick implementations of echo servers in both [Rust] and [Go]. Both are
+great languages with lots of support, I wanted to take a look at the type of operations that our programs
+will be performing to get an idea of how well each will perform.
+
+## Running the Rust server
+
+```bash
+cd rust
+cargo run src/main.rs
+# Listening on http://127.0.0.1:3000
+```
+
+## Running the Go server
+
+```bash
+cd go
+go run main.go
+# Listening on 127.0.0.1:3001
+```
+
+## Testing the servers
+
+```bash
+# 2MiB
+RAND_CHARS=$(( 2 * 1024 * 1024 ))
+
+# send requests to Rust
+time bash -c 'tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 </dev/urandom | head -c $RAND_CHARS | curl -X POST -d@- http://localhost:3000'
+# ... bash -c   0.04s user 0.05s system 7% cpu 1.114 total
+
+# send requests to Go
+time bash -c 'tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 </dev/urandom | head -c $RAND_CHARS | curl -X POST -d@- http://localhost:3001'
+# ... bash -c   0.04s user 0.05s system 84% cpu 0.114 total
+```
+
+Rust has a noticably longer echo time when compared to Go.
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