On 6/20/23 08:09, Cecil Ward wrote: > I’m used to slow compilers on fast machines and compiling > gives me an excuse for more coffee and possibly fruity buns.
Yes, all of us in past projects accepted C++'s slowness. We did get coffee, etc. One of my current colleagues regularly plays solitaire when waiting for C++ compilations. Not only it's not a professional sight, but C++ is proving to be a professional mistake.
Nobody should suffer from such context switches. I have a hunch, without any backing research data, that C++'s contribution to humanity may be net negative.
D is nothing like that: My turnaround is a few seconds: Write, compile, run, see the effect... I use only dmd partly because of laziness: it just works. Although I take full advantage D's low level powers, my programs have mostly been I/O bound with huge files, so dmd's less-than ideal optimization powers are hidden because most threads are waiting for file system I/O.
Aside: std.parallelism and std.concurrency have been very helpful. Ali
