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16 November 2025

  • curprev 08:0508:05, 16 November 2025 PC talk contribs 10,422 bytes +10,422 Created page with "The terminal cursor blinks. You type cargo build and press enter. Lines of text scroll past—dependencies resolving, crates compiling, optimizations running. Two minutes later, a binary appears. Executable. Ready to run. You trust this process completely without understanding any of it. You’re not alone in that blind spot. A 2024 developer survey found that 71% of programmers have never looked at compiler internals, even though they interact with compilers dozens o..."
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