alt Hacker NewsThe memory usage is quite large compared to C/C++ when compiling. I use Virtual Machines for Demos on my YouTube Channel and compiling something large in Rust requires 8GB+.
In C/C++ I don't even have to worry about it.
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windward • yesterday at 12:56 PM
I can't say the same. Telling people to use `-j$(nproc)` in lieu of `-j` to avoid the wrath of the OOM-killer is a rite of passage
I can't agree, I've had C/C++ builds of well known open source projects try to use >100GB of memory...