The Eclipse incremental compiler is faster than IntelliJ on any decently sized project. Something like 20-60 times faster for us (<1s vs. 20-60s). I think the

The Eclipse incremental compiler is faster than IntelliJ on any decently sized project. Something like 20-60 times faster for us (<1s vs. 20-60s). I think the UI of IntelliJ is snappier, so for small projects that leads to people saying it's "fast".