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How much time/money did it take to be implemented? What is the maintenance cost? Which version of C++? What percentage was written from scratch? Does it run in a networked environment? These are the real questions.

Pharao Inc. built pyramids in ancient Egypt. It cost many lives of slaves but it was cheap them. Nowadays we make big buildings without slaves.




It's not like C++ programmers are poorly paid.

And hey, don't knock the Pharaohs!

First off, it's been known for some time that the Pyramids were built by paid workers:

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2010/01...

(Literate too, since they left graffiti)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/pyramid_build...

The conditions that migrant workers endure building World Cup facilities in Qatar seem to be worse than those endured by Egyptian construction workers:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/14/qatar-admits-de...




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