On 5/18/07, Anthony Williams <anthony_w.geo@yahoo.com> wrote:
"Dean Michael Berris" <dmberris@friendster.com> writes:
[snipped my biased example]
That's overly verbose: most of these rules are built in to make.
My simple makefile says:
main: main.cpp some_other_file.cpp
Okay... I might be rusty with Make, but shouldn't that be: main: main.o some_other_file.o ? Nonetheless...
Jamfile:
exe main : main.cpp some_other_file.cpp ;
Like I said, apples and oranges. ;-)
;-)
Simple projects are easy with make, and easy with Boost Build. From what I've seen, complex projects are complex with both, too.
After all that's said and done, I would tend to agree with this statement. :-D I guess it just depends on your level of expertise and chosen approach to accomplishing a task with a given tool you're familiar with. Of course, people familiar with Make and adept at it will prefer that over a "wannabe replacement" like Boost.Build + Boost.Jam where they'd have to learn a new syntax. Or maybe not, depends on how they approach the problem and how they see Boost.Build + Boost.Jam. :-) Some people like inline skates, others like old-skool skates. Apples and Oranges -- both fruit, but different flavors. ;-) -- Dean Michael C. Berris http://cplusplus-soup.blogspot.com/ mikhailberis AT gmail DOT com +63 928 7291459