[latch]

Maybe I'm being a closed-minded idiot, but "i write compilers for a living" isn't something a lot of programmers can claim. I guess I'm working on the assumption that most programmers are building enterprise apps. I don't know why I think that.

[X-Istence]

I'm working on backend systems for a small startup, and I am writing software that on my work laptop (MacBook Pro, Core 2 Duo at 2.4 Ghz, with 4 GB of ram) takes about 30 seconds to compile. Tests take another minute or so to run. That is 1 minute and 30 seconds too long because my attention is now elsewhere ...