Re:How to speed up the Rust compiler in August 2023
by dragonwriter on Saturday August 26, 2023 @05:09AM
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> You have come up with your own definition
No, I haven’t. Compilation is well-defined (unlike, really, "scripting language", though there are clearly languages that are frequently called that despite the absence of any coherent definition bounding the class), and its unquestionable that many implementations of languages usually called "scripting languages" use it.
> and are wondering why there is uncertainty…
No, I’m not “wondering” anything, and “uncertainty” isn’t even part of the discussion.
No, I haven’t. Compilation is well-defined (unlike, really, "scripting language", though there are clearly languages that are frequently called that despite the absence of any coherent definition bounding the class), and its unquestionable that many implementations of languages usually called "scripting languages" use it.
> and are wondering why there is uncertainty…
No, I’m not “wondering” anything, and “uncertainty” isn’t even part of the discussion.