> Rustc is so big and slow because it does a lot. From the outside, it's hard to tell if this is true, or if Rust and rustc just consistently makes choices wit

> Rustc is so big and slow because it does a lot. From the outside, it's hard to tell if this is true, or if Rust and rustc just consistently makes choices without valuing smallness or speed. The crate ecosystem definitely skews away from these and towards "grand abstraction".