[strager]

I'd wager that the C++ compiler does more work churning through #include-s than the Rust compiler does tracking borrows.

[bluGill]

C++20 modules is supposed to fix that. I wish I could get compilers that implemented them.

[pjmlp]

There you go, https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/

One example to get you started, https://github.com/pjmlp/RaytracingWeekend-CPP

[bluGill]

I target linux with my C++.

[pjmlp]

That wasn't part of the comment.