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This is the only reason I'm tempted to get an Apple machine, tbh - those sweet, sweet compile times.

• Shadonototra 5y ago
  "let's not fix slow software, just pump more hardware at it" it is scary how delusional and inefficient "modern" developers are
  • jkelleyrtp 5y ago
    If anything, better hardware is just an enabling technology for programming languages that run their static analysis at compile time. Rustc is written in Rust - it's not like it's going to get 10x faster any time soon.
  • brink 5y ago
    If the cost of a safe, stable, and efficient binary is just somewhat longer compile times, then I'd consider the cost worth it.
  • wtetzner 5y ago
    More hardware means you can do more things. Yes, lots of software is slow and bloated for no reason. But sometimes you want to be able to do more than the current hardware allows. And it's not like the rustc devs haven't been working on performance improvements.