Thanks, Tom
I watched a video a while ago where VisualWorks had an object for an .ini file.
I have also seen interest to move the build system into the Smalltalk environment itself.
I saw Program{'hello.c'} and thought "SomeAppropriatelyNamedSmalltalkClass generateBuildSystem platform: #pdp11 ...."
I will re-adress this when I can get the Stack VM running and get a handle on the present build system.
Cordially,
tty
---- On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 11:32:56 -0800 Tom Rushworth<tom.b.rushworth@gmail.com> wrote ----
I've used both scons and its re-write waf.
I consider them to be the true "next generation" build tools. As far ahead of all the various "make" flavors as git and hg are ahead of cvs.
They both have decent docs and user communities, but there is a bit of a learning curve :(.
On 13-11-28 17:47 , gettimothy wrote: > While upgrading my Slackware to 14.1 so I could install Bochs and re-compiling my apps I saw that esr's gpsd requires something called scons for its build system: > > http://www.scons.org > > Here is an example from the docs: > > > Here's the famous "Hello, World!" program in C: > int main() { printf("Hello, world!\n"); } And here's how to build it using SCons. Enter the following into a file named SConstruct: > Program('hello.c') This minimal configuration file gives SCons two pieces of information: what you want to build (an executable program), and the input file from which you want it built (the hello.c file). Program is a builder_method, a Python call that tells SCons that you want to build an executable program. > That's it. Now run the scons command to build the program. On a POSIX-compliant system like Linux or UNIX, you'll see something like: > % scons scons: Reading SConscript files ... scons: done reading SConscript files. scons: Building targets ... cc -o hello.o -c hello.c cc -o hello hello.o scons: done building targets. On a Windows system with the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler, you'll see something like: > C:&gt;scons scons: Reading SConscript files ... scons: done reading SConscript files. scons: Building targets ... cl /Fohello.obj /c hello.c /nologo link /nologo /OUT:hello.exe hello.obj embedManifestExeCheck(target, source, env) scons: done building targets. > Has anybody poked around this thing?
Not I. Do you have specific questions? > > tty > Regards,