Re: [Boost-build] BjamC++ state

From: Alex Besogonov (cyberax_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-07 14:13:39

Vladimir Prus wrote:
 > can you tell what is the current state of bjam-in-C++ rewrite? IIRC, 
you said
 > that parser/evaluation is done and you're working on build engine.
Yes, the interpreter is almost finished (only a few minor features remain).

 > Perphaps if build engine proved hard, we can use the existing build 
engine?
 > Memory consumptions starts to become a problem with bjam, and I'm 
hoping that
 > implementation with ref-counted strings would be a big step forward, 
even if
 > not everyting is converted.
In my search for a perfect build engine I went to a tangent course: 
http://code.google.com/p/waf/ :)

This is a fork of SCons with MUCH better speed and some unique 
capabilities. Waf is _very_ fast - it requires just 5 seconds to do a 
no-op build for infamous 
http://www.gamesfromwithin.com/articles/0506/000092.html test (pure Jam 
requires 1.5 seconds).

Currently, I don't have much of free time (I'm moving to Ukraine from 
Russia), but I'll try to create a finished version of BJam.C++ as soon 
as possible.

-- 
With respect,
             Alex Besogonov (cyberax_at_[hidden])