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		bojo on May 27, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go in Go Does the speed it takes to compile the compiler really matter? Edit: Of course, faster speeds would be interesting to hear about, so great question.

gsnedders on May 27, 2015 | [–]

"We believe it's worth trying again with a new language, a concurrent, garbage-collected language with fast compilation."

Fast compilation is an explicit goal of Go, so they certainly think it matters.

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