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		whytevuhuni 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Roc rewrites the compiler in Zig Because, like he said, compile times matter. This includes the Roc compiler too. Zig is significantly faster than OCaml.

LAC-Tech 10 months ago [–]

The Ocaml compiler is significantly faster than the Zig one. It's one of the fastest I've seen.

whytevuhuni 10 months ago | [–]

Ah, sorry, I was referring to the speed of the resulting Roc compiler.

A Roc compiler written in Zig would compile Roc code significantly faster than a Roc compiler written in OCaml.

LAC-Tech 10 months ago | | [–]

Ah! That makes sense.

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