Re: bjam rationale...

From: Tompa (tompa1969_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-16 09:33:19

David Abrahams writes:
> 
> Well, let's see:
>
> [long Q&A list snipped]
> 

Thanks Dave!
Phew, this list will take some time for me to distill and grasp. But I think you
will convice me...

As I said to Vladimir: I asked this question, not to criticize Boost's choice,
but to learn from Boost's decision to be able to choose for myself what build
system to use for an upcoming large project.

>
> "recursive make considered harmful"
>

I'm aware of that. Some folks who know not to use recursive make say gigo to
this - garbage in, garbage out...

Thanks again Dave!
/Tompa