[bbkane]

Coming from Go, I'm really disappointed in Rust compiler times. I realize they're comparable to C++, and you can structure your crates to minimize compile times, but I don't care. I want instant compilation.

Zig is trying to get me instant compilation and I see that as a huge advantage for Zig (even past the first 2 weeks).

I'll probably stick with Rust as my "low level language" due to its safety, type system, maturity, library ecosystem, and career opportunities.

But I remain jealous of Zig's willingness to do extreme things to make compilation faster.

[bombela]

On any Go production projects I worked on or near, the incremental compile time was slower than C++ and Rust.

A full build was definitely much faster, but not as useful. Especially when using a build system with shared networked caching (Bazel for example).

Yes those projects were a bloated mess, as it always seems to be.

[bbkane]

Re: slower incremental compile times - not my experience, but interesting data point. I'll keep a look out for this.

[samiv]

The key with c++ is to keep coding while compiling. Otherwise..yeah you're blocked.

[pjmlp]

The key with C++ is to learn how to use the build system, make use of binary libraries, and if one can afford to use the very latest compiler versions, modules.

And avoid header libraries, C++ isn't a scripting language.