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by rxhernandez 3191 days ago
Then you're not senior enough to know enough of the unique problems that come from trying to compile things, especially for embedded devices.

One of the non-embedded cases is compiling boost on a visual studio machine for wrapping python which can be its own special kind of hell. I've seen at least one very respected principal developer wholly screw this up. I can write for hours on those kinds of problems and how to solve them.