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Faster compared to 1.6, still much slower than 1.4.


C is still the king of speed.


Not when compared with languages that have modules.

In 2000 I worked on a project where "make clean all" would take 1 hour per platform/build type.


Oh I meant in execution, not build time.


Similarly, I remember the days when junior Assembly programmers were able to outperform C compilers for home computers.




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