> "but on those days probably it was one of the reasons why C++'s adoption took off."

It is a mistake with 2017 eyes, because build times are now insupportable.

Of course it was the right decision in 1986 when trying to get adoption inside AT&T.

Also I have read "Design and Evolution of C++" back when it was published, and know C++ since Turbo C++ 1.0 for MS-DOS, so I grew with the language.

Which is also a reason why I still select it as member for my Java, .NET and C++ toolbox trio.

However the first ANSI C++ was approved in 1998, and many of us were expecting to get some kind of module support in C++0x.