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Re:Common *nix commands written in Rust by zlynx on Saturday May 16, 2020 @06:29PM (#23207718)
You're exaggerating for effect, I assume. Rust compile does not require that much RAM.

Now, by default the "cargo" build uses all CPU threads, so if you have a 32 core Threadripper then yes, running 64 simultaneous "rustc" compiles will use 6 or 7 gigabytes.

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Re:Common *nix commands written in Rust by hu3 on Saturday May 16, 2020 @06:40PM (#23207789)
Last I checked Rust needed more than 4GB of RAM to compile itself.

That's one of the reasons it was rejected in OpenBSD: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=151233345723889&w=2

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Re:Common *nix commands written in Rust by monocasa on Saturday May 16, 2020 @06:41PM (#23207802)
clang needs more than 4GB to compile itself too.
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