Theo jokes: it's not AGI until it rewrites rustc 10x faster
theo · x · 2026-10-20
Reacting to the wave of Rust rewrites making tsc 10x faster, Theo quips it's "not AGI until it can rewrite rustc and make it 10x faster." The attached AI-generated benchmark rundown for ts-rust shows release jobs dropping from 1,033s to 16s (65x) while the built tsc runs only 1.3x faster.
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