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Re:Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective by throwaway201103 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @09:01PM (#25242340)
> Something that used to take 3 minutes to compile + link for a debug build is now down to 40 seconds.

1990s me laughs remembering edit/compile/test cycles measured in hours.

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Re:Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective by zeroonetwothree on Saturday November 28, 2020 @09:34PM (#25242510)
Well it still can be hours. Really depends what you work on.
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Re:Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective by Aeolun on Sunday November 29, 2020 @04:56AM (#25244110)
At that point, wouldn’t you buy a double Threadripper machine to speed it up? If you sit around for a few hours that is a lot of time wasted.
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Re:Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective by harrygeez on Saturday November 28, 2020 @10:18PM (#25242676)
Well it still could be, depending on what you do
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Re:Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective by selestify on Saturday November 28, 2020 @10:53PM (#25242811)
What were you compiling back then?
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