C++ compilers have it better, despite the fame, because on the C++ world, people like their binary libraries (not compiling the world from scratch on each git clone), there better support for incremental compilation, and incremental linking, there are interpreters and hot code reload tooling available.
reply> there better support for incremental compilation
replyWhat do you mean by this?
Some C++ compilers and linkers have better support for incremental compilation and linking, and do it more fine grained than Rust, e.g. VC++.
replySome tooling ideas go all the way back to when C++ vendors started adopting ideas from Smalltalk and Lisp, e.g. Energize C++ or Visual Age for C++ v4.
Or build systems like ClearMake from ClearCase, where the object files and binary libraries are shared across everyone on the cluster with the same views (ClearMake speak for what files/branches are selected).