> I am now of the opinion that the C++ compilation model is broken, or more charitably, has been shown to not have learned from the compilation models of the fo

> I am now of the opinion that the C++ compilation model is broken, or more charitably, has been shown to not have learned from the compilation models of the following languages: I think that both are correct. But it should be noted that what you call a lack of learning, is really quite deliberate. Since it began, one of the design constraints of C++ has been almost total backward compatibility with C. That means that C++ is permanently stuck with a 40-year-old compilation model.