For example, Turbo Pascal 5.5 targeting MS-DOS was released in 1989 and was compiling 34,000 lines/minute.
https://edn.embarcadero.com/article/20803
This is just one example, there are plenty of other languages to choose from with a module based compilation model, only C and C++ toolchains have lousy build times given their textual inclusion model.
http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/c-compilation-speed/228701711
So the only achievement of Go's compilation speed was making younger generations think it is something extraordinary.
For example, Turbo Pascal 5.5 targeting MS-DOS was released in 1989 and was compiling 34,000 lines/minute.
https://edn.embarcadero.com/article/20803
This is just one example, there are plenty of other languages to choose from with a module based compilation model, only C and C++ toolchains have lousy build times given their textual inclusion model.
http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/c-compilation-speed/228701711
So the only achievement of Go's compilation speed was making younger generations think it is something extraordinary.