The super-slow compilation speed is mostly because C++ encourages massive all-inline template libraries like the standard C++ library and boost, which need to b

The super-slow compilation speed is mostly because C++ encourages massive all-inline template libraries like the standard C++ library and boost, which need to be parsed and have the used templates instantiated for every compilation unit. Here's idiomatic hello world, with <iostream> vs. <stdio.h> > g++ -E hello.cc | wc -l 17906 > gcc -E hello.c | wc -l 842