Build a D project is now easy

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 11/23/10 7:52 AM, Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> Don, el 23 de noviembre a las 09:06 me escribiste:
>> Leandro Lucarella wrote:
>>> Make can be very hard to learn, specially because people tend to use it
>>> wrongly and there are very few good examples and tutorials/docs.
>>>
>>> PS: I'm really talking about GMake :)
>>
>> Gmake != make.
>
> I know, that's why I clarified.
>
>> That I would say is the #1 problem with make. It has 200 different
>> incompatible dialects.
>
> I don't find that problematic at all, just use the standard for simple
> things or GMake for more complex stuff (it has some features that can be
> a life saver). I don't find using GMake problematic because is available
> virtually everywhere, is almost a de facto standard.

A further problem with gmake is that there are important differences 
between even minor releases, and each computer seems to have a different 
one.

I'm well fluent with gmake and I'd agree with Leandro, except the 
portability argument pretty much invalidates the entire point.


Andrei