Why C++ compiles slowly

[Walter Bright]

BCS wrote:
> Hello Walter,
> 
>> Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>
>>> Each sample counts as 0.01 seconds.
>>> %   cumulative   self              self     total
>>> time   seconds   seconds    calls  ms/call  ms/call  name
>>> 80.31     11.99    11.99    19000     0.63     0.63  searchfixlist
>> Just for fun, searchfixlist goes back at least to 1983 or so.
>>
> 
> Early or late '83? I ask because *I* go back to '83 or so. :)

June 7th, 3:26 PM. Give or take 6 months.