Parveen Kaler
David Abrahams
writes: Hi,
On the Boost.Build list we were just discussing the fact that some people otherwise inclined towards Boost have chosen Scons over Boost.Build. It would be useful for us to understand some of the reasons why, if some of you wouldn't mind letting us know. No flames, please!
You'll want to read Noel Llopis' blog, particularly this entry: http://www.gamesfromwithin.com/articles/0506/000092.html
The above article contains hard performance numbers comparing Jam, Make, Scons, and MSVC.
I don't think that's much help. It doesn't cover Boost.Build at all (it only bears passing resemblance to Perforce Jam anymore), and doesn't discuss many of the issues of concern for the developers of Boost.Build (http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v1/build_system.htm#design_criteria) Of course, it may be that the world at large doesn't care about those things :) -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com