Perhaps you mean link time? If you&#x27;re spending  a lot of time compiling you are probably suffering from other problems.
Most of C++&#x27;s issues with compilation come from needing to re-compile entire .cpp files because of a change in a depending .h file. If you properly forward your class declarations instead of including a header in a .h file, don&#x27;t do template meta meta magic, and think about physical design a bit, your compilation time should be under control.<p>What I mean by physical design is, if a particular function is prone to be edited constantly, keep that function definition in it&#x27;s own .cpp file.<p>of course I&#x27;ll agree that in this day and age, we shouldn&#x27;t worry about those sorts of things.