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Subject: Re: [Boost-cmake] Variant Builds and missing libraries
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-30 10:46:01


Michael Jackson wrote:

> On Nov 29, 2008, at 1:01 PM, Eric Niebler wrote:
>>
>> Michael Jackson wrote:
>>> External build scripts and such could be a reasonable choice. The
>>> only thing I don't like about external scripts is that they are
>>> generally NOT cross-platform and you end up writing a script for
>>> windows and one for Unix.
>>
>> Python scripts are cross-platform.
>>
>> --
>> Eric Niebler
>> BoostPro Computing
>> http://www.boostpro.com
>
>
> <devils advocate>Is Python installed by default on Windows?</devils
> advocate>

That's a good question. But is CMake installed on Windows by default and
which one is more likely to be installed -- CMake or Python?

- Volodya


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