Re: [boost] Just another GSoC project idea: Create a Bjam clone based on the Boost libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] Just another GSoC project idea: Create a Bjam clone based on the Boost libraries
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-10 10:47:17

On 9 Feb 2014 at 20:06, Boris Schäling wrote:

> Create a Bjam clone based on the Boost libraries

That is a huge project, one which would take many summers and a 
hugely dedicated mentor or mentors, even to deliver a demonstration 
prototype of reasonable quality.

Designing a correct build tool is incredibly hard. As I like the API 
of scons, and we have scons build files for most Boost libraries, I'd 
suggest instead helping out with scons-plusplus which is Boost.Python 
based.

In truth though, an O(N) scalable but not-painful-to-write-for build 
system almost certainly needs a persistently stored graph database. 
Which just gave you a hint as to my C++ Now Presentation if I'm 
chosen to present ...

Niall

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