Lz4rip: safe Rust LZ4 on par with C impl

· Users Rust Lang · June 5, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
Summary
The blog post introduces lz4rip, a Rust implementation of the LZ4 codec, claiming it outperforms the C version in terms of performance, particularly on aarch64 while ensuring safety provided by Rust. It highlights innovations like aggressive skip acceleration and generational hash tables, aimed at achieving faster compression rates. The latest release version 0.2.0 is mentioned, which shows notable performance improvements.
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