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> Fast compile times: a full compiler rebuild takes ~12s (Rust: 15min, gcc: 30min+, clang: 1hr+, Go: 90s) [2]. Whoa, this really surprised me!

• lifthrasiir 5y ago
  Doesn't that depend on the size of the compiler? Nim can surely be faster than all of them, but that particular figure can't mean anything.
  • xigoi 5y ago
    The Nim compiler is pretty big.
    • lifthrasiir 5y ago
      So what? You are not comparing the same thing.
      • xigoi 5y ago
        Of course not. But what else would you want to compare?
        • lifthrasiir 5y ago
          Lines of code per second for compiling the compiler. Or a standardized set of programs like language benchmark game. Not to say that they are not susceptible to problems, but they have much more information than the compiler compilation speed.