Yeah, more interesting is having them rediscovering Turbo Pascal compile speeds.
EDIT: I wonder why the positive effect to re-discovering that not all compilers need to be like C and C++ compile speeds and that it was once upon a time mainstream, is worthy of downvotes.
Can't critique this one: Go was an attempt to re-create the Oberon experience in modern setting with some additions from other languages. Rather than accidental re-discovery, getting Oberon (not Pascal) speed out of the compiler was an explicit design goal. One of few examples of modern IT really learning from the past.
Unfortunately, they didn't learn about the stuff between Oberon and 2007 that would've been nice to have in a modern, app language. ;)
It is not a critic, apparently it was understood as such.
The remark is tailored to those that think compiled languages can only be slow as C and C++ compilers, since they never used anything else, and then jump of joy when they use Go.
Yet if it wasn't for the VM detour of the last 20 years, that experience would probably be a current one, instead of being re-discovered.
For the curious (I am sure pjmlp is well aware of this) D and Go compile speeds are pretty neck and neck. DMD was faster, then Go caught on, not sure which one is faster now, depends on the nod. If I may add, D is a lot less impoverished than Go, although its coroutines story is not that strong.
