Why are you putting the implementation in the .h file? You're supposed to declare in the header and implement in the .cpp files. The meme is reversed
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If C++/C were real languages for real programming they'd enforce this in the compiler.
No sane language designer would say "it is imperative that you do not implement your class in its header file" then write a compiler designer to say "oh you implemented your code in the header file? lol lmao that rocks"
They have played you all for fools.
not saying it's good design, I ditched C++ long ago. at least the C++20 modules API is gonna fix this, right guys?
The reason is that header files are pretty much copy/pasted into your c files when you include them. so the code in them keeps getting recompiled for every c file, which drastically increases overall build times. If you only declare in the header and have one c file implementing the functions you compile them only once.
AI reply? That's the point they're trying to make. The implementation shouldn't be in the header file, but it is. Look at the image.
pretty sure the meme is about how the implementation looks ugly but using the implementation looks good because all the code is abstracted away. if it was like you said then why would they compare the code to the main.cpp
drastically increases overall build times
oh wow. from 0ms all the way up to 0ms. That's almost 1000 times faster wow.
truly spoken like someone who has never worked on a large C/C++ project