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Re:I stopped everything and started writing C again by kelnos on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @02:23PM (#43346193)
> A decent PC should be able to grind any Rust project in few seconds.

That is demonstrably false, unless your definition of "decent PC" is something that costs $4000.

I love Rust, but saying misleading (at best) things about build times is not a way to evangelize.

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Re:I stopped everything and started writing C again by Ygg2 on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @10:34PM (#43349866)
> That is demonstrably false, unless your definition of "decent PC" is something that costs $4000.

How is it demonstrably false? I'm on 5900x and Rust compilation speed was never an issue for me.

More like $1500. $500 for 9950x. $200 for Mobo, $200 for memory and $100 for 1Tb ssd and power supply for $100. Coolers and case by desire. GPU optional.

Only way to get to $4000 in a PC is you are buying fancy components or you bought latest xx90 card.

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