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Go developers like to claim that the reason the Go compiler is fast is because it's "simple to parse". Unfortunately this doesn't make a lot of sense as parsing

Go developers like to claim that the reason the Go compiler is fast is because it's "simple to parse". Unfortunately this doesn't make a lot of sense as parsing is typically only 1-5% of the total compile time.

sacado2 6y ago
It's not only about the main compiler. Go has tons of third-party tools (linters mainly) that can parse go code, because it's so easy to write one. Most of them wouldn't exist if parsing was a PITA.
- Groxx 6y ago
  Those almost universally use the "ast" package provided by the stdlib.