Re: [Boost-build] Python port development

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Python port development
From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-08 12:03:39

On 07/08/2010 12:58 PM, Robert Ramey wrote:
>
>   I realize that this is off topic - but really curious as to why you've
> selected python rather than C++
> for this effort. Would you care to list you're reason(s)?
>    

May be I'm misunderstanding what you have in mind, but to me the answer 
seems obvious: Makefiles (or Jamfiles or SConstruct files, etc.) are 
essentially scripts (with a domain-specific language) that are 
interpreted. How would you do that with C++ ?
Or are you thinking of inventing a new such DSL and writing the parser 
for it in C++ ? I believe one of the biggest advantages of moving to 
Python is that it is a well known language, with well-define semantics. 
Writing a DSL on top of that is much less work (and will be easier to 
extend, as well as apprehend by users), than any custom language 
(including the language currently used in bjam / boost.build).

     Stefan

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