Hello, Somebody here insists that all the program's definitions will be stored in one large header file that all C modules include, rather that keeping the declarations distributed among specific header files. That sounds pretty crappy to me - but how bad it is really? will it have a very negative impact on build time?
The IDE should not matter in this case. Todays compilations are almost fully controlled by the amount of optimization. For some tools, the link step can also take a lot of time if a project is big and has debug information - especially C++ can produce huge amounts of debug information.
Remember that you don't build with high optimization levels :)
"Today, who cares if a build takes 3 or 5 seconds."
We used to have some bloke here with a poster that stated something along the lines of:
"Remember guys, the faster your computer, the bigger your ....."
(I'll let you fill in the missing word.)
Ah, Sausage, a blok I used to work with hung this slogan on his monitor:
"wie stabiliteit wilt, kan geen schoonheid verwachten"
which means:
"The one that wants stability, cannot expect beauty"
It was funny that it was printed with these ornaments positioned around the inscription, like it was some kind of a religious decree [is it? I bet "Jack Sprat" knows :-) :-) ]
I think that's not true:
It takes skill & care to make something beautiful; I think it's far more likely that something which has been made with such skill & care will be stable than something that hasn't.
Or maybe it was about women...
A while ago I thought about putting up my own little poster:
"You're a thinker, not a doer"
Why?
One weekend a couple of years ago I though I'd save some money by buying a hedge trimmer and tidy the hedges around our garden myself.
Big mistake ... I managed to get a very numb arm from swinging the trimmer up high and down low for a long period.
So I went to the doctor, explained what I had done and he responded (without even looking at my arm):
"It's rubbing nerves. The trouble is that you haven't realised that you're a thinker and not a doer".
Really didn't know whether to take it as a compliment or an insult.
Anyway ... I don't think I'll try to save money in that way again.
Anyone want to buy a hedge trimmer? - It's only been used once!