>- Balls of spaghetti of unimaginable proportions. One c++ guy at a big bank told me he takes 7 hours to compile. He's writing execution code, which you'd think would be relatively snappy.
How long should it take? The last time I did anything of note in c++ was on a computer of 2000's vintage and 7 hour builds were pretty common.
If you're taking seven hours to build, you have too few computers per programmer. Compiling C++ parallelizes well, and computers are dirt cheap compared to the cost of employing people.
How long should it take? The last time I did anything of note in c++ was on a computer of 2000's vintage and 7 hour builds were pretty common.