YARA-X is a full rewrite in Rust for better performance and user experience

YARA, the Malware Researchers Toolbox Evolved with the release of YARA-X, a full rewrite in Rust known for its better performance, reliability, and user experience, aiming for 99% rule-level compatibility with YARA, enhancing handling of complex rules, and offering better security; the decision of the rewrite was driven by the project's size, necessary design changes, and maintenance benefits, ensuring continuous support with bug fixes and small additions for YARA while focusing all future improvements on YARA-X; despite being in beta, YARA-X is stable and ready for use, facilitating bug reports and feature suggestions, aspiring to provide a superior alternative to YARA with ongoing improvements shared through blog posts. ```

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