On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 12:32 +0100, Gour wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:13:00 +0000 > Russel Winder <rus...@russel.org.uk> wrote: > > > SCons, Waf, and Gradle are currently the tools of choice. > > Gradle is (mostly) for Java-based projects, afaict?
It is the case that there are two more or less distinct domains of build -- JVM-oriented, and everything else. There is though nothing stopping a single build system from trying to be more universal. Sadly every attempt to date has failed for one reason or another (not necessarily technical). Basically there seems to be a positive feedback loop in action keeping the two domains separate: basically the tools from one domain don't work well on the opposite domain and so no-one uses them there, so no evolution happens to improve things. In this particular case, Gradle has great support for everything JVM-related and no real support for C, C++, Fortran, etc. All attempts to raise the profile of the Ant C/C++ compilation tasks, which Gradle could use trivially, have come to nothing. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@russel.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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