[Dedicated to Apple's iPad]
Recently I had to move a couple of C++ methods from one file to another. This seemingly simple task required a painful hour in which I edited multiple files: the source and destination .cc files, .h files, build files, and unit test files. Several rounds of long compilation attempts followed, each revealing yet another caller which required updated #include's.
Yup, folks, working in C++ amounts to digitally flintknapping bits. We do have some bronze and iron tools such as IDEs, higher level languages, and other advancements, but overall I'm still looking for signs of computers adapting to human beings instead of us adapting to them.
Zzzzz...
And how is it you know of flintknapping?
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