Zig's Andrew Kelley: "The compiler is too dam slow, that's why we have bugs..."

[Bruce Carneal]

On Tuesday, 30 January 2024 at 01:37:29 UTC, Don Allen wrote:
> On Monday, 29 January 2024 at 23:14:50 UTC, Hipreme wrote:
>> On Monday, 29 January 2024 at 20:51:19 UTC, Don Allen wrote:
>>> On Monday, 29 January 2024 at 08:04:57 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> He thinks they have bugs because the compiler is too slow? 
>>> That is truly remarkable.
>>>
>>> [...]
>>
>> You should have stayed more than 5 seconds on the video.
>
> And you should mind your manners.
>
>  He
>> literally said that "Because it takes too much time to fix 
>> them. If we could reduce that slice of compiling time to 
>> almost inexistent, we could spend more time fixing the bugs".
>
> "The compiler is too damned slow. That's why. **That's why we 
> have bugs.** It takes too long to fix them". QED

I happened to read it as Hipreme but the original's phrasing is, 
IMO, less than stellar.  Shaky enough that I'd not make strong 
claims either way.