[fdr]

I'd like to be able to use something like rust, and maybe I will for smaller projects or for novelty sake, but I chafe over how slow compilation time is relative to C (not C++!) projects last I checked.

On the hardware of yesteryear, a parallel compile could build Postgres in about 45 seconds (750-1305KLOC, depending on measurement) , and user mode Linux (which doesn't compile so many drivers) in about a minute.

[steveklabnik]

We've made steady improvements here, so depending on when you checked, it might be much better.

The real improvements will come when incremental compilation lands. The precursor requirements are just landing now; so it won't be immediately here, but it will be soonish.