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><<Java and C# can have loong compile times.>> Yes, for initial build. After, it is only incremental.

I work with C++ currently. Even the incremental build is too slow. Also eventually you have to clear the cache for various reasons including debugging, a new library, etc, etc/

1M line python is 0s compilation time. You hit the runtime section instantaneously.

Go was created with fast compilation times to get around this problem. I would say in terms of compilation, go basically is the closest in terms of the python experience.

Basically when things are fast enough "5x compilation time" isn't even thought about because things are too fast to matter anyway. Go hits this area as well as python (given no compilation)




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