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Re:How to speed up the Rust compiler in August 2023 by amenghra on Friday August 25, 2023 @11:22AM (#37262727)
Imagine being able to set a breakpoint in a function, change something and ask the debugger to “travel” back in time and pretend the code was always what it’s been changed to. It’s something some languages give you but I’m not sure an incremental compiler is sufficient?

These kinds of few seconds/minutes shaved add up and can impact one’s productivity.

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Re:How to speed up the Rust compiler in August 2023 by tomjakubowski on Friday August 25, 2023 @11:50AM (#37263105)
for that kind of thing I would imagine more late binding in the language is helpful

at the level Rust works, late binding is hard to do but I don't think it's impossible. Name mangling and calling conventions are a couple big obstacles.

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