Errors compiling DSSS

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Thu Nov 29 05:55:52 PST 2012


On 11/29/12 2:36 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2012-11-28 22:24, 1100110 wrote:
>
>> Of course. I just can't remember the last time I needed something more
>> complex than a shell script. It would be *really* nice if the syntax
>> were nice and simple. Makefiles kick my @$$. Implicit rules, and all
>> that.
>
> I'm just trying to stop you guys from investing in a new build system
> that cannot be used for the whole community.
>
> In most cases I also just need a shell script containing some
> compile/link flags. But what I don't like is that I need to duplicate
> the shell script, one version for Posix and one version for Windows.
> That's why I'm advocating for using build scripts written in a full blow
> language that already exists and works cross platform.

Why not use D for that full-blown language? I know you insist on using 
Ruby, and I fail to grasp why we'd have D users learn Ruby in addition 
to D, when D is presumably already installed (since this is all about 
building D programs!) and D is as convenient for build scripting as Ruby.

Andrei


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