> ...this is a dissent to a common criticism that the compiler is slow. In this discussion, I will argue that these claims are misleading at best. I think the

> ...this is a dissent to a common criticism that the compiler is slow. In this discussion, I will argue that these claims are misleading at best. I think the author failed here. The article shows the rust compiler is slow but you might be able to mitigate the issue by switching to lighter-weight dependencies or removing dependencies and instead write the parts you need yourself. These actions are expensive in time spent, involve tradeoffs, and are available only in some cases, so don't generally address the issue of compile times. That is, these are potential mitigations for slow compile times.