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Where Does the Time Go? Rust's Problem with Slow Compiles (thenewstack.io)
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[โ€“] Turun@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wierd that mold was not mentioned. A significant amount of time is spent in linking. Mold is a new linker that is much faster than the default and a drop in replacement if it works.

[โ€“] Nithanim@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

For my small hobby project compiling was absurdly slow. Switching to mold really cut down on waiting time.