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		hinkley 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rust compiler performance I had a coworker who was using Rational back then, and found out one of its killer features was caching of pre compiled headers. Whoever changed them had to pay the piper of compilation, but everyone else got a copy shipped to them over the local network.

pjmlp 10 months ago [–]

Yes, you are most likely talking about ClearMake, the build tool used by ClearCase.

It may have required dedicated infra team, but it had features that many folks only got to discover with git.

Better save those view description configurations safely.

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