It is not. It was one of the design goals of the language to compile fast... https://talks.golang.org/2012/splash.article https://talks.golang.org/2012/splash.

It is not. It was one of the design goals of the language to compile fast... https://talks.golang.org/2012/splash.article https://talks.golang.org/2012/splash.article So I am wondering too what this is all about.