Re: Revitalization

From: David Callu (callu.david_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-12-05 08:15:36

@Ruben: try conan : https://conan.io/
HTH
David

Le lun. 5 déc. 2022 à 03:14, Ruben Perez via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
a écrit :

> >
> > It requires sustained effort to bring new devs into C++.
> >
>
> My experience as a young (28) C++ developer
> who has recently become a Boost author:
>
> Developing in C++ is exciting, and more for Boost,
> which I've been using since college.
> The main pain is not the language itself but the tools
> and practices around it. These are the things I've found
> really problematic:
>
> 1. Dependency management. There is a place where I've had
>     to list my indirect dependencies. Depinst takes a lot
>     of time to run. Depending on OpenSSL is a pain. If we're
>     to attract any young devs, we can't say "uf, a dependency,
>     that's going to be a problem".
> 2. Bjam. I love B2, I think it's much better than CMake
>     in a lot of things. But the language doesn't help.
>     The same set of concepts, but exposed in a modern
>     scripted language (say Python, Starlark, JS)
>     would be great.
> 3. Build times. I have a TU taking ~30s to build. I think we
>     should pay more attention to this.
>
> I can live with 2 and 3, but 1 is, for me, *the* reason
> why I wouldn't do C++.
>
> I hope my thoughts help anyhow.
>
> Regards,
> Ruben.
>
> >
>
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