Re: [Boost-build] bjam 4.0.. in C++

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] bjam 4.0.. in C++
From: Konstantin Litvinenko (to.darkangel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-28 12:45:24

Alexander Arhipenko пишет:
> To summarize:
> I don't want to be BBv2 evangelist.
> Sure, this system has issues, e.g.:
> lack of documentation, some tricky syntax etc.
> But sentences that 'it is hard to use' or 'hard to extend' or
> 'hard to use for the real production code' is
> very-very exaggerated and non-adequate.
> This sentences only shows the most BBv2 issues:
> lack of documentation, lack of marketing and possibly lack of human resources.

        +1 from me. We have >300 :) jamfiles in very huge and complex projects. Yes, most of nasty problems 
solved only by me - I begin use BB from v1 and experienced user of BBv2 - not everyone in teams, but 
most of the time everything works very well.
        My friend can't remember BB syntax, but successfully copy/past/edit existing project into new one 
all time :))).
         Most 'hard to use' became from cryptic error messages that made BB problem solving nearly 
impossible to peoples that not familiar with BB internals.