> The same applies to all languages with terribly long build times. It’s not that they couldn’t build faster. They just choose not to. C++ or Rust program compi

> The same applies to all languages with terribly long build times. It’s not that they couldn’t build faster. They just choose not to. C++ or Rust program compiles for too long? Well, OCaml could probably compile the equivalent program in under a second. And it’ll still be machine-level fast. > “Wow, wow, slow down! This is even more unfair! Now it’s not just apples and oranges, now it’s toothbrushes and spaceships. You completely ignore what each language brings to the table. There’s a reason they spend so much time compiling, you know?” So what's the reason if the resulting performance doesn't differ much? C/C++ build times seem insane to me. Every time I try to install an Aur package and see it starts building C/C++ I cancel it and give up the idea as I don't want to wait a day for my CPU load to drop below 100% and my SSD free space usually happens to be not enough anyway.