Re: [jamboost] Bjam in C++?

From: Toon Knapen (toon.knapen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-06-24 06:53:20

Vladimir Prus wrote:

> Even gcc developers consider requiring C++. If they consider it, than surely 
> every other project can just switch. Also, one of the primary goals of 
> Boost.Build is to be build system for C++ Boost -- which is collection of C++ 
> libraries. Surely user needs a C++ compiler anyway.

I understand your motivation. But for me one of the most important 
design goals of bjam is portability. Many libraries claim to be 
multi-platform which usually means linux and windows. For me 
multi-platform means windows-i86, linux-i86, linux-power, linux-itanium, 
irix-mips, aix-power, solaris-sparc, hpux-parisc, hpux-itanium. AFAICT 
support for vms is not necessary anymore and tru64-alfa is also end-of-life.

It would be a good idea though to specify the platforms you intend to 
support and to verify regularly if this portability is accomplished. I 
can help you doing that if you want. For instance, I can recompile your 
code-base every night on most of the platforms mentioned above and 
publish the results (similar to the boost regression status pages)

toon