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Will it requires a VM to run? Also, how fast will this language build large projects?

• cies 6y ago
  It will be like Go: no VM. And have great interop with Go! > Also, how fast will this language build large projects? Slightly slower. I wonder what the implementation of generics will do to Go's otherwise stellar compile times. A code base heavily using generics can easily be double the compile time. Not sure how this will be sold, probably "but then simply do not use it!"
  • erik_seaberg 6y ago
    I'm made out of meat, the compiler is always going to be millions of times faster than that. Are generics actually slower than codegen plus parsing the same method body over and over with different types?
    • cies 6y ago
      > meat Flesh to me. (vegan) :)
      • erik_seaberg 6y ago
        Heh, it's a reference to https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/thinkingMeat.html https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/think...
        • cies 6y ago
          Thanks for the reference. I chuckled :)