"Arkadiy Vertleyb" <vertleyb@hotmail.com> writes:
"David Abrahams" <dave@boost-consulting.com> wrote
If I want some other arbitrary thing, like some special version of GCC, I install from source just as I would on any *nix system. I've done it many times.
Yes, many projects supply precompiled binaries, but if I want something to work reliably in my environment I often find myself building it. In fact, that's the standard way to get a Python installation on *nix.
I very much doubt that this is typical, especially in the windows world.
I know; Windows is my primary platform.
I, for instance, always prefer binaries, if available, since I usually don't want to become an expert in a tool, and the standard configuration is good enough for me.
Why not have both?
No problem. I'm just saying that installation from source makes as much sense for wave as for any other open-source package, except possibly for its reliance on a reasonably conformant C++ compiler. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com