Jonathan Blow

I've heard that the compilation time for @rustlang gets progressively long with more code. Is this true ? #Code #Programming

Yes, and that's also true for all compiled languages. What's really important is the rate at which that time grows. The design of Rust is such that the rates at which compilation time grows with ur project are low (in comparison with C++ for example).

I don't suppose you've heard of jai?

Not before your answer, but now I've read a bit on it. What about it? :)

Among other things, it is designed for very fast compilation. The guy behind it, Jonathan Blow, very seriously said he aims to hit a 1 million lines of code per second target. And in that time it does much more to help you than any C++ compiler does.

Interesting. There is an area of language and compiler design which is centered in speed of compilation. There are features (like type inference and code optimization) which increase the compilation time, and usually are left out of such systems.

However, if your objective is mainly speed of compilation, there are things you will not be able to get. Things like checked memory safety, type inference, traits, macros, etc, are things that improve the user experience in other ways, but are at odds with speed of compilation.

Rust aims to be a tool that can be used to make efficient and maintainable systems, reusable components, and to be a very accessible and empowering tool in general. It can't optimize first and foremost for speed of compilation because it has to provide on those areas first.