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dmittoday at 10:24 AM3 repliesview on HN

> Zig's compilation times are already terrific

In my experience, this (for now) is mostly aspirational. It's obviously a major goal, and there are clear milestones outlined on how to achieve it, but in practice the initial compile of an empty project or the excruciating pause when you `direnv allow` and ZLS needs to be (re)built are not what I'd describe as "terrific".


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schaefertoday at 10:41 AM

>(re)built are not what I'd describe as "terrific".

It sounds like you are a strong candidate to try out the new improvements mentioned in this devlog and see what benefits you can get for yourself.

wffurrtoday at 2:36 PM

Compared to Rust or C++?

epolanskitoday at 10:32 AM

Maybe you're right, but how many other system programming languages toolchains give you sub 50ms recompilations across millions of LoC?

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