Use javac directly, in a recent JDK, to compile lots of files at once (i.e. one invocation of javac to compile multiple files) and you'll see. The speed is over 100,000 lines/sec: https://mill-build.org/blog/1-java-compile.html
Seriously a need for a new build tool in Java that doesn't fuck around too much.
Seriously a need for a new build tool in Java that doesn't fuck around too much.