[xigoi]

The Nim compiler is pretty big.

[lifthrasiir]

So what? You are not comparing the same thing.

[xigoi]

Of course not. But what else would you want to compare?

[lifthrasiir]

Lines of code per second for compiling the compiler. Or a standardized set of programs like language benchmark game. Not to say that they are not susceptible to problems, but they have much more information than the compiler compilation speed.