I've always wondered why the IDL compiler was written in c++, seems like a bad choice.
I think a java compiler using JavaCC would be a bit better (though requiring java is a pain for some). At least it would be cross platform.... -Jake On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Michael Greene <[email protected]> wrote: > Jérémie BORDIER <[email protected]> wrote: >> I might be wrong, but i think that the current compiler isn't cross >> platform, this could be the right time to do something to ease >> thrift's accessibility on windows (even if they don't run the CPP >> Library, at least they could generate Java stubs) > > Unfortunately, the cross-platform problems with the C++ Thrift > compiler are mostly outside of the project's control, but I agree that > this is a big problem at the moment. As far as I can tell (and I've > looked far and wide) Flex and Bison versions late enough for Thrift > simply cannot be built on Windows. I have some changes stored away in > a working copy to build the compiler in Visual C++ that are mostly > working, but lack a native Windows flex lib. > > Michael Greene >
