[HN Gopher] How to speed up the Rust compiler one last time
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How to speed up the Rust compiler one last time
Author : nnethercote
Score : 55 points
Date : 2020-09-07 22:08 UTC (52 minutes ago)
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| sieabahlpark wrote:
| Mozilla is a terrible company, shame a lot of the people working
| on rust won't be able to do that anymore. Don't know who else is
| going to pick up the slack to continue progressing the language.
| k__ wrote:
| The title made it sound like the Rust compiler is at its
| performance limit and they doing the last possible optimization.
| steveklabnik wrote:
| Thanks for all you've done over the years here. I'm sad you won't
| be able to do more of it.
| Ar-Curunir wrote:
| Thank you for your excellent work over the years! Your efforts
| have gone a long way to making Rust enjoyable to write =)
|
| If there are any smart rust-using company, they should definitely
| hire nnethercote to continue their excellent work!
| __s wrote:
| Nicholas Nethercote didn't just speed up Rust. He went in & did
| the dirty work of dredging through Firefox profiling
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| > It's rare that a single micro-optimization is a big deal, but
| dozens and dozens of them are. Persistence is key
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| Persistence is work. Mozilla is cutting the people who put in the
| work of staving off bitrot
| nnethercote wrote:
| Thank you for the kind words.
|
| To clarify: I am still at Mozilla! But I will be working fully
| on Firefox for the foreseeable future. I have edited the
| opening paragraph of the post to make this clearer.
| __s wrote:
| Glad to hear, as someone who continues to use Firefox it's
| reassuring to know we'll continue to benefit from your skills
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