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Re:Zig self hosted compiler is now capable of building itself by icsa on Saturday April 16, 2022 @10:12AM (#31052479)
> uses significantly less memory, and represents a modest performance improvement.

The reduced memory has significant value. Being able to do the same build on less expensive hardware or do more with the same hardware is a significant financial performance improvement

Re:Zig self hosted compiler is now capable of building itself by joshbaptiste on Saturday April 16, 2022 @10:37AM (#31052674)
yup 18x memory reduction improvement 8.5GB -> 0.5GB according to the vid..