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Java Vs Rust

This document compares Java and Rust programming languages. It notes that while Java is popular, Rust has advantages for performance and security due to having no runtime or garbage collector. Benchmarks show Rust outperforming Java significantly in areas like latency, memory usage, and CPU utilization. Rust is also memory safe, preventing common errors. The document discusses how Fluvio, a data streaming platform built on Rust, benefits from Rust's asynchronous processing for lower latency. It further notes that Rust prevents the kind of remote code execution vulnerabilities that recently affected Java applications. In conclusion, Rust delivers faster performance and smaller memory footprint compared to Java.

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Java Vs Rust

This document compares Java and Rust programming languages. It notes that while Java is popular, Rust has advantages for performance and security due to having no runtime or garbage collector. Benchmarks show Rust outperforming Java significantly in areas like latency, memory usage, and CPU utilization. Rust is also memory safe, preventing common errors. The document discusses how Fluvio, a data streaming platform built on Rust, benefits from Rust's asynchronous processing for lower latency. It further notes that Rust prevents the kind of remote code execution vulnerabilities that recently affected Java applications. In conclusion, Rust delivers faster performance and smaller memory footprint compared to Java.

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Java vs.

Rust
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Comparison
Why Fluvio was built on Rust for blazingly fast
and memory-efficient performance and security
Continuous Intelligence Platform

This is a comparison between Java and Rust. Java is


a popular programming language used by developers;
however, Rust has many advantages when it comes to
performance, and security.

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With no runtime or garbage collector, it can power performance-critical services,
run on embedded devices, and easily integrate with other languages. Latency stays
predictable at high throughputs over P99, which means that 99% of the requests
should be faster than given latency. In other words, only 1% of the requests are allowed
Fluvio uses
to be slower. Rust is also completely memory safe which separates it from Java with its
async processing
for significantly strong safety guarantees.

lower latency. Fluvio is an open-source data streaming platform that aggregates, correlates, and
applies programmable intelligence to data in motion. Powered by Rust, Fluvio provides
low-latency, high-performance programmable streaming on cloud-native architecture.
Fluvio is written in Rust, a programming language designed for code safety and
performance. For instance, a benchmark comparison between Rust and Java on a
simple web server implementation revealed that Rust outperforms Java in many areas:

Performance Test Java Rust Improvement

Latency (Fibonacci) 1,900 ms 57.71 ms ~30x

Memory 1,498 Mb 16.94 Mb ~80x

Idle Memory 162 Mb 0.36 Mb ~450x

CPU Utilization 73% 24% ~3x

Program Size 27 Mb 3.7 Mb ~8x

These values are derived from a simple web server implementation and can be
significantly higher in large programs with many libraries and dependencies. Fluvio
also takes advantage of other Rust capabilities, such as:

• Asynchronous Code to scale out workloads effortlessly


• Fearless Concurrency to leverage the CPU’s full power
• Zero-copy for fast I/O wherever possible

While other data streaming platforms use polling to consume messages, Fluvio uses
async processing for significantly lower latency. Fluvio runs in pods and can collect
millions of events per second with just a few dedicated servers. Our technology can
chain servers and can scale up to virtually any number of concurrent connections.

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Security
On December 10th, 2021, an alert by CERT New Zealand that CVE-2021-44228, a remote
code execution flaw in Log4j, was already being exploited in the wild, created havoc across all
industries. Warnings have been issued by several national cybersecurity agencies, including
the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the UK’s National Cyber
Security Centre (NCSC). On December 15th, the Log4j software bug was said to potentially
cause ‘incalculable’ damage by CNET. All Java applications could be affected by this CERT.

Rust is memory safe


Rust won’t compile programs that attempt unsafe memory usage. Most memory errors are
discovered when a program is running. Rust’s syntax and language metaphors ensure that
common memory-related problems in other languages—null or dangling pointers, data races,
and so on—never make it into production. The compiler flags those issues and forces them to
be fixed before the program ever runs.

Fluvio is designed with security and privacy in mind. Fluvio producers, consumers, and other
clients must authenticate with a target Cloud cluster and download security certificates
before they are authorized access. The platform uses the certificates with TLS to encrypt all
communication between the clients and the cluster.

Conclusion
When it comes to Java, this programming language is significantly slower than Rust. Rust
delivers faster startup times and smaller memory footprint on top of it. Java uses Garbage
Collection for memory management, which decreases performance. Nearly 70% of the
vulnerabilities that the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) processes are classified
as memory-safety issues, so eliminating the class of vulnerabilities is critical to better security.

With no runtime or garbage collector,


Rust can power performance-critical
services, run on embedded devices, and
easily integrate with other languages.

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About InfinyOn
InfinyOn, a real-time data streaming company, has
architected a programmable platform for data in motion
built on Rust and enables continuous intelligence for
connected apps. SmartModules enable enterprises to
intelligently program their data pipelines as they flow
between producers and consumers for real-time services.
With InfinyOn Cloud, enterprises can quickly correlate
events, apply business intelligence, and derive value from
their data. To learn more, please visit infinyon.com.

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