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Discussion on: What are the least intuitive fundamentals and best practices in software development?

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Eljay-Adobe

Reminds me of a quote (reformatted):

Goal of programmers is to ship, on time, on budget. It’s not “to produce code.”

IMO most modern C++ proponents:
1) overassign importance to source code, over
2) compile times, debugability, cognitive load for new concepts and extra complexity, project needs, et cetera

2 is what matters.

~ Christer Ericson

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edA‑qa mort‑ora‑y

Isn't the importance of the code what helps ensure all that stuff under 2?