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The question is legit, though.

• unixhero 6y ago
  Sure enough. Still wondering about why.
  • pantulis 6y ago
    Also, this observation: in terms of developer time, compiled languages (a la Crystal, Go, Rust...) the disadvantage of compile time should be offset by much faster local test runs and even CI builds.
    • pantulis 6y ago
      For a sufficiently big codebase, that is.
    • atleta 6y ago
      You'll usually just run a few tests if you are working on a specific feature and only run more of them when you think you are done. So most of the time there will be too little difference to make up for the increased compilation time. Also, you are comparing compiled languages to interpreted ones, but the GP talked about differences between compilation time (i.e. compiled languages). And others are also comparing it to e.g. go (compiled but quick to compile).
      • pantulis 6y ago
        You are totally right.