A slow compiler impedes developers velocity, not only taking longer, but breaking their concentration.
The whole point of a programming language is to be an industrial productivity tool that is faster to use than hand writing assembly.
Performance is a core requirement industrial tools. It's totally fine to have slow compilers in R&R and academia.
In industry a slow compiler is an inexcusable pathology. Now, it can be that pathology can't be fixed, but not recognizing it as a pathology - and worse, inventing excuses for it - implies the writer is not really industrially minded. Which makes me very worried why they are commenting on an industrial language.
The whole point of a programming language is to be an industrial productivity tool that is faster to use than hand writing assembly.
Performance is a core requirement industrial tools. It's totally fine to have slow compilers in R&R and academia.
In industry a slow compiler is an inexcusable pathology. Now, it can be that pathology can't be fixed, but not recognizing it as a pathology - and worse, inventing excuses for it - implies the writer is not really industrially minded. Which makes me very worried why they are commenting on an industrial language.