Re: [9fans] Rant (was Re: Plan9 and Ada95?)

[Steve Kilbane <steve@whitecrow.demon.co.uk>]

Dan C:

> ...Or if you have to work on a large C++ project where the compilation
> process, running on a quad processor Sun Ultra Enterprise 450 with 4GB
> of RAM, takes 45 minutes.  And the boneheads working on the project
> have screwed up the build structure so totally that to compile an
> incremental change requires building the entire source, then compile
> time becomes very significant.


<boyd>
But if you're using C++, and you've screwed up the build structure,
then you get what you deserve. No point blaming the speed of the compiler
for those problems...
</boyd>

...which you weren't doing. On a more general note, "faster compiler"
fits in with "faster processor", "bigger disk" and "more memory" as
excuses for "can't be bothered to design properly." Of course, "compiler
generates faster/smaller code" also supports it.

steve