Hacker News discussion abou the recently discussed Rust vs Nim performance comparison

[ElegantBeef]

Well then the same thing happens just in reverse. It's a fools errand in my 
view. Programming languages that give you control will be able to get similar 
if not the same performance, it's generally down to the programmer. Languages 
with macros especially will gain an edge in this as they can offload the 
optimal code to a macro and get a more readable program whilst maintaining 
performance and reduce memory.