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Rewriting Node-Semver in Rust and Honest Benchmarking

The Rust rewrite of rs-semver offers performance improvements for Node.js projects.

The Rust-based alternative rs-semver maintains the existing API of the semver npm package while providing a faster solution. Particularly in scenarios requiring numerous version checks, using Rust offers significant speed advantages. Tests show that the Rust version is up to 11.9 times faster than its JavaScript counterpart for specific operations.