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Originally Posted by Carpetsmoker
Speed is not a holy grail. And is only one dimension in the overall quality of a software package.
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True. But the goal here was not to create a build system, but to create a browser. Fast turnaround time on builds is a good way to improve the development of your program. See PCC, LLVM, Google Go, and other projects who are motivated by high speed during compilation (among other things).