Coming from a non-open source background, this discussion is interesting. I think this points out the whole open source dilema. There are plenty of new technology or new approaches to existing problems, but are either narrow in scope, or ambiguous in implementation. As an Ant newbie, it is confusing to follow. But like any developer, I found some examples saw the basic uses and adapted. No one likes to learn new stuff, especially on a tight deadline, but if the tool saves time or development, you use it. The problem with open source is when you get to a broader scope, you get a large difference in opinion of how and what should be done. Personally, I like ant as it is. There are other languages out there that are more powerful, so use them. If you need a simple build tool to deploy your project to test and production environments, use this tool. Isn't that what object oriented programming is doing, make reuseable components to assemble for individual tasks? I believe someone has to make a decision. Make it and move on. With that said however, the ability to adapt Ant for your own purposes is important too. That's where 3rd party software came into existence, adding narrow functionality for a broad use software product.
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From: Mark Womack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 2:36 PM
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Subject: RE: for-each (another proposal)
