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Two hours is not beyond ridiculous. A lot of projects in the past compiled for way longer than that, days even. In 90s and early 2000s if you worked on a large
by lmilcin 5y ago
Two hours is not beyond ridiculous. A lot of projects in the past compiled for way longer than that, days even.
In 90s and early 2000s if you worked on a large desktop application (the size of Office or Photoshop) you could expect to spend a business day waiting for compilation results.
- spoiler 5y agoSorry, I should've clarified that I meant specifically meant in recent versions of Rust. I wasn't speaking in the general sense. I've experienced slow compilation times in C++ projects, although not of the same magnitude you describe (ie having to wait days)!
- gpderetta 5y agoAround the turn of the millennium I remember recompiling, for some reason I don't remember, the whole of KDE. That took a bit...