[mtzet]

You're also forgetting: simpler language/explicit code => faster build times. Zero-cost abstractions are only zero-cost in optimized builds and and complex optimization isn't free.

Whether static checking vs faster iteration time is more important depends entirely on the context, but rust isn't going to help you when you accidentally did front-face culling instead of back-face culling.

[pjmlp]

Eiffel, Delphi, Nim and D have very fast build times, and are all relatively complex.

Even C++ can have relatively fast build times, depending on how everything is structured, and the use of binary libraries.

It is a matter of tooling, as an anecdote all my UWP C++ applications compile faster than most of my Rust experiments.