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[Georg Wrede]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Frank Benoit wrote:
>>> Because, imagine you set up a build process for your application. Why
>>> should i have to care about that difference in my 'makefile',
>>> 'rakefile', ... whatever ?
>>
>> I use different makefiles for Windows, Linux, and OSX. It's easier 
>> than tearing my few strands of hair out trying to figure out how to 
>> remove system differences.
> 
> ...NOT.

Well... that's a bit D centric. :-)

'Round here we say "maassa maan tavalla", which is probably something 
like "When in Rome, do like the Romans do".

Makefiles aren't just a C(++) thing. Unix has a culture of its own, 
Windows (I wouldn't say have a culture, but still) does it another way. 
So do we import the Unix way to Windows or the other way around? I'd go 
with the Romans in Rome.

If there were a vote (outside of this NG!!) with D users, probably there 
are more folks who write in D /and/ in C or another language /on their 
own/ OS, than folks who write D apps (big enough to need makefiles) for 
both Windows and Linux.