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		jlgreco on Dec 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go at Google: Language Design in the Service of So... How does this happen then? "The construction of a single C++ binary at Google can open and read hundreds of individual header files tens of thousands of times."

cjensen on Dec 5, 2012 [–]

An excellent question which deserved an answer in the paper.

georgemcbay on Dec 5, 2012 | [–]

Walter Bright (who created D to solve some of the same problems Go aims to solve) wrote something a few years back which touches on this topic:

http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/c-compilation-speed/228701711

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