alt Hacker NewsYes exactly! That quote directly disproves that all of the improvements UV has over competitors is because of algos, not because of rust.
So the claim is not well supported at all by the article as you stated, in fact the claim is literally disproven by the article.
This is either an overly pedantic take or a disingenuous one. The very first line that the parent quoted is
> uv is fast because of what it doesn’t do, not because of what language it’s written in.
The fact that the language had a small effect ("a bit") does not invalidate the statement that algorithmic improvements are the reason for the relative speed. In fact, there's no reason to believe that rust without the algorithmic version would be notably faster at all. Sure, "all" is an exaggeration, but the point made still stands in the form that most readers would understand it: algorithmic improvements are the important difference between the systems.