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		SixSigma on Feb 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Simplicity and the ideas Go left behind recompiling all of plan9 takes about 15 minutes

lmm on Feb 24, 2015 | [–]

Well yeah, but plan9 has so little code because it doesn't really do anything. Recompiling any consumer-grade system takes much longer.

4ad on Feb 26, 2015 | [–]

Actually recompiling Plan 9 takes about 60 seconds on my current Thinkpad.

SixSigma on Feb 27, 2015 | [–]

A 15x speed up in a few short years, how delightful.

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