[jcalvinowens]

Machines are faster now, my znver5 build machine finishes "emerge -e @world" in under an hour.

[qmr]

... which is an argument against trying to hyper optimize.

[amano-kenji]

Compilation is not just about optimization. It gives you flexibility and robustness.

Compilation options let you tweak programs. In my direct experiences, gentoo source packages break far less often than arch linux binary packages.

[jcalvinowens]

That doesn't make any sense.