lopdf vs pdfium in Rust: choosing the smaller library

A Rust developer compared two PDF processing libraries: lopdf (lighter) and pdfium (feature-complete) on an 8-year-old MacBook Air.

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The fact

Choosing lopdf offered sufficient performance with fewer dependencies and lower memory footprint.

This analysis illustrates importance of profiling rather than assuming performance.

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