Re: [Boost-build] Why the jam was writen in C ?

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-15 01:28:02

goodmenzy wrote:
> I'm studying jam source code.
> Why not develop jam in C++ ?
> He Sepend many time to implement Hash List ,
> But all of this was in STL.
> And many data was stored in char * dymanically.
> If use C++ , the things seems to be simply.

It's probably best to ask Perforce the original creators of Jam:

http://www.perforce.com/jam/jam.html
Jam -- Perforce Software

http://www.perforce.com/
Perforce Software - The Fast Software Configuration Management System

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