[pjmlp]

C++ can be rather faster to compile than Rust, because some compilers do have incremental compilation, and incremental linking.

Additionally, the acceptance of binary libraries across the C and C++ ecosystem, means that more often than not, you only need to care about compiling you own application, and not the world, every time you clone a repo, or switch development branch.

[yosefk]

compiling crates in parallel is fast on a good machine. OTOH managing C++ dependencies without a standard build & packaging system is a nightmare

[pjmlp]

Imagine if Linus needed a gaming rig to develop Linux...

And he also did not had cargo at his disposal.

No need to point out it is C instead, as they share common roots, including place of birth.

Or how we used to compile C++ between 1986 and 2000's, mostly in single core machines, developing games, GUIs and distributed computing applications in CORBA and DCOM.