OT: on IDEs and code writing on steroids

[Robert Fraser]

Daniel Keep wrote:
>> rebuild MyProgram
> 
> I will give you this, though: D's toolchain could use improvement in
> more complex builds.  But it's still a hell of a lot simpler than
> anything C#'s toolchain can do.

Have you tried DSSS? It's surprisingly feature-rich, and its syntax is a 
lot simpler than MSBuild's.

IMO, any build more complex than setting a few options should be handled 
by a scripting language, though. Knocking together a Perl script to call 
your builder is often a lot easier than mucking around with huge 
configuration files (anyone who's used Ant can attest).