Of course I didn't assume to be 100% productive immediately, and I did spend a few weeks on this experiment, not just some days.
My point was more about how even modern C++ felt (to me) dated and annoying to use compared to more modern language, because of the strong (but very valid!) focus on backward compatibility that C++ has. Furthermore, the long history and baggage means that for any thing, there are _many_ different ways of doing it, which doesn't help.
And anyway, it was not a particularly serious (or, for that matter, well written or argued) discussion. As I mentioned in literally the first line, it's just a rant :-)
PS: I am unsure what you mean with "relying on LLM for configuring things says it all". In my experience, this is one area where LLMs _really_ do help a lot - it has been much faster than going through the documentation (which I also did quite a bit of, in particular for conan).
And anyway, it was not a particularly serious (or, for that matter, well written or argued) discussion. As I mentioned in literally the first line, it's just a rant :-)
PS: I am unsure what you mean with "relying on LLM for configuring things says it all". In my experience, this is one area where LLMs _really_ do help a lot - it has been much faster than going through the documentation (which I also did quite a bit of, in particular for conan).