Based on the response to this question: Why does C++ have header files and CPP
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Based on the response to this question: Why does C++ have header files and CPP
I have seen the responses and understand the answers – so why didn’t this catch on? C# Java?
Because it’s a quick, dirty and inelegant solution to the problem of interface vs. implementation.
It relies entirely on the C Preprocessor, which is about the bluntest tool in the drawer.
Other solutions avoid the following problems:
Dviljoen thinks I’m being quite hard on it, and he’s right. It is almost a 40-year old design, from the era of punch cards and paper tape. There’s an incredible amount of high-quality software built in C/C++ using the source/header file arrangement, despite all the potential gotchas and problems listed above.