Zapcc Caching C++ Compiler Open-Sourced

[brrrrttttt]

How does it compare to ccache + gcc or ccache + clang? I'd sooner stick to a compiler I know and trust.

[kpedersen]

As someone who compiles on daily basis - I don't care about compiling times. I care about stability of executable and speed of given executable. So.... Pf...

Agreed. I don't really see the problem here. Once the initial compilation on complete, only units dependent on subsequent changes get recompiled anyway.

Unless people are perhaps working with broken build systems, are not forward declaring or using sloppy systems requiring .NET (ubt and Unreal Engine 4).

That said, I have seen some terrible choices made by developers such as for test / debug iterations, simply committing to Git and allowing the build server to build the binary for i.e Android rather than actually getting the damn Android NDK working on their own machine. So frigging lazy.

Good to see the project open-sourced in any case. It means people will actually use it

[dimko]

As someone who compiles on daily basis - I don't care about compiling times. I care about stability of executable and speed of given executable. So.... Pf...

[doublez13]

Are Zapcc's features likely to be upstreamed into clang?

[AsuMagic]

Amazing news. I've tried Zapcc in a few occasions and as they claim, it's *really* fast, say roughly 3x faster for my test codebase. My only complaint was that it proprietary.

[davidbepo]

yes! finally , the faster compile times this will bring are very nice

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Zapcc Caching C++ Compiler Open-Sourced

Remember the Zapcc compiler that focused on lightning fast compiler times? It's now been open-sourced...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Zapcc-Open-Sourced