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His stance should be adopted by all languages authors and designers but apparently it's not. The older generation of programming language guru like Wirth and Hoare are religiously focused on simplicity hence they never take compilation time for granted unlike most popular modern languages authors. C++, Scala, Julia and Rust are all behemoth in term of complexity in language design hence have very slow compilation time. Popular modern languages like Go and D are the breath of fresh air with their lightning fast compilation due to their inherent simplicity in their design. This is to be expected since Go is just a modern version of Modula and Oberon, and D is designed by a former aircraft engineer where simplicity is mandatory not an option.