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by markus_zhang 286 days ago
Fast to compile. It was very fast comparing to the others then. Since computers were slow (8086/80286) compiling speed actually mattered.

https://www.pcengines.ch/tp3.htm
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MarsIronPI 286 days ago
As an ex-Gentoo user I can confirm that compiling speed still matters on certain machines.
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markus_zhang 286 days ago
I have never worked as a system programmer so I never had the need to compile something big. I guess it could be an issue with very large software like Oracle Database, the Linux kernel and other similar stuffs.
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rini17 282 days ago
The kernel is quite okay. On the other hand, qtwebengine..
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