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Re:Nim 1.6 by vyuh on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @08:00AM (#28917153)
> Fast compile times: a full compiler rebuild takes ~12s (Rust: 15min, gcc: 30min+, clang: 1hr+, Go: 90s) [2].

Whoa, this really surprised me!

Re:Nim 1.6 by lifthrasiir on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @05:51PM (#28924246)
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.
Re:Nim 1.6 by xigoi on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @06:53PM (#28924754)
The Nim compiler is pretty big.
Re:Nim 1.6 by lifthrasiir on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @06:57PM (#28924780)
So what? You are not comparing the same thing.
Re:Nim 1.6 by xigoi on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:48AM (#28927208)
Of course not. But what else would you want to compare?
Re:Nim 1.6 by lifthrasiir on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @05:56AM (#28928792)
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.