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		ac130kz 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is the Rust compiler so slow? tldr as always, don't use Musl, if you want performance, compatibility.

ac130kz 3 months ago [–]

Some "smart" folks even downvote this advice. Yeah, I've seen articles on musl's horrible performance back in 2017-2018, and apparently it still holds, yet I get a downvote.

9rx 3 months ago | [–]

You make it sound like a "downvote" has meaning or something.

It doesn't.

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