Actually, compile time was a huge factor during the design of Go, due to the massive code bases at Google. See http://talks.golang.org/2012/splash.article http

Actually, compile time was a huge factor during the design of Go, due to the massive code bases at Google. See http://talks.golang.org/2012/splash.article http://talks.golang.org/2012/splash.article for discussion on the import/compile system.