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0 pointsMarsIronPI6mo ago0 comments

Fast to run or fast to compile?

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Fast to compile. It was very fast comparing to the others then. Since computers were slow (8086/80286) compiling speed actually mattered.

https://www.pcengines.ch/tp3.htm

MarsIronPIOP6mo ago

As an ex-Gentoo user I can confirm that compiling speed still matters on certain machines.

markus_zhang6mo ago

I have never worked as a system programmer so I never had the need to compile something big. I guess it could be an issue with very large software like Oracle Database, the Linux kernel and other similar stuffs.

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renox6mo ago

Well given that often the alternative was BASIC which was interpreted, it also felt fast to run..

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markus_zhang6mo ago

Fast to compile. It was very fast comparing to the others then. Since computers were slow (8086/80286) compiling speed actually mattered.

https://www.pcengines.ch/tp3.htm

MarsIronPIOP6mo ago

As an ex-Gentoo user I can confirm that compiling speed still matters on certain machines.

markus_zhang6mo ago

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renox6mo ago

Well given that often the alternative was BASIC which was interpreted, it also felt fast to run..

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