On: Fitting all human knowledge in a box

[ktpsns]

The "tons of knowledge" are "just" the STL. It is a template library and thus needs knowledge of the concept of templating.

So that's quite some knowledge required compared to list usage in Python, which doesn't require a single include line.

Of course, the situation is basically the same if you replace C++ by Java. Or Python by Ruby.

[kenniskrag → ktpsns]

The difference is strong typed vs. loosely typed languages. In an IDE you see a popup with a "quick fix" for missing includes.