I’m a big fan of decentralizing my code (even within a single process) so that as much as possible a function works on localized state.
This ant situation is a good example of the value of a few global variables.
This ant situation is a good example of the value of a few global variables.
The actual definition turns out to be even more interesting.
Given that we are busy killing off all the vertebrates, perhaps in a few million years their technology will be as advanced as ours. Then the ant archeologists will wonder if these strange giant quadrupedal creatures could have been intelligent, perhaps even enough to have a civilization.