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Aren't common libraries like serde and clap known to slow down compile times?

• sodality2 3y ago
  Yes, but Rust for Linux won’t be using these kinds of dependencies.
  • NewJazz 3y ago
    That's a good point. Rust in the Kernel is different from the general ecosystem.
• vlovich123 3y ago
  The first time you build, sure but that’s true for C/C++ applications too (boost command_line or applications with lots of protobufs). Overall my experience that build times on Rust are waaaaaay better than C++ all things being equal (i.e. similar level of features). And honestly the developer experience of clap I’ve found to be a lot faster to work with than equivalent libraries in TypeScript which is saying something considering the typing on Rust is a lot more strict and cumbersome to work with.
• junon 3y ago
  Yes, but not substantially - at least in comparison to *-sys crates which (surprise!) compile C/C++ most of the time.