Have Win DMD use gmake instead of a separate DMMake makefile?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 8/13/13 10:39 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2013-08-13 19:37, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>
>> Sort of, but...no, not really.
>>
>> Since this tool would be cable of generating any platform-specific
>> makefile or script or whatever, and there's no reason to restrict it
>> to *only* generate a makefile/script for the current platform, that
>> means it can function much like a cross-compiler:
>
> Well if you output a build file for a different tool that's completely
> different.

And more complicated. To quote myself (and fix a typo): The margins 
involved are small enough to make it difficult for the solution to not 
become worse than the problem.

The sheer fact that this thread has been going on for so long without a 
slam-dunk solution emerging is quite telling.


Andrei