Benchmarking Rust Compiler Settings with Criterion

Controlling Criterion with scripts and environment variables

This article explains, first, how to benchmark using the popular criterion crate. It, then, gives additional information showing how to benchmark across compiler settings. Although each combination of compiler settings requires re-compilation and a separate run, we can still tabulate and analyze results. The article is a companion to the article Nine Rules for SIMD Acceleration of Your Rust …

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