On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:35:27 -0700 Jonathan M Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 22:00:56 Nick Sabalausky wrote: > > But with D, you get a HUGE boost in compilation speed by > > not compiling one-at-a-time. So if you have a huge, slow-to-compile > > codebase (for example, 15 seconds or so), > > I find it shocking that anyone would consider 15 seconds slow to > compile for a large program. Yes, D's builds are lightning fast in > general, and 15 seconds is probably a longer build, but calling 15 > seconds "slow-to-compile" just about blows my mind. 15 seconds for a > large program is _fast_. If anyone complains about a large program > taking 15 seconds to build, then they're just plain spoiled or naive. > I've dealt with _Java_ apps which took in the realm of 10 minutes to > compile, let alone C++ apps which take _hours_ to compile. 15 seconds > is a godsend. > I just meant that I haven't heard of much D stuff that took much longer than that, so it's somewhat on the long end as far as D stuff goes. But I may be off-base. 'Course it depends a lot of the computer, too. I probably worded it weird.
