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The creator of SWC [0] is working on a faster compiler alternative in Rust, so there is still hope for a faster compilation speed in the future

[0] https://github.com/swc-project/swc



SWC doesn't do type checking, which means 99% of the work is just stripped type annotations. That's why it's fast.


It will, which is what the grandparent is talking about. https://github.com/swc-project/swc/issues/571


Ah very neat. Didn't know about that! Though I would be very surprised and impressed if that effort actually succeeds.




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