On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 01:45:41PM -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:13:38 +0200 > "Kagamin" <s...@here.lot> wrote: > > > On Saturday, 10 August 2013 at 18:35:10 UTC, Nick Sabalausky > > wrote: > > > Would it be acceptable to use gmake as *the* make for DMD? Ie, > > > either convert the windows makefiles to gmake, or expand the posix > > > makefiles to support windows? > > > > 1. expand posix makefiles to support windows > > 2. leave dm makefile for those who doesn't have gmake > > 3. use unified posix/windows makefile > > 4. everyone is happy > > That still involves the overhead of maintaining duplicate makefiles > and a tendency for gradual divergence.
It violates DRY, and thus inherits all of the associated problems. T -- The peace of mind---from knowing that viruses which exploit Microsoft system vulnerabilities cannot touch Linux---is priceless. -- Frustrated system administrator.
