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Another option? (Score:2)

by djberg96 (2603) on 2005.05.19 17:07 (#40549) Journal
What about the nuclear option?
- Rewrite make in Perl (pake?) and actually make it friendly.
- Remove all reliance on existing command line make tools. Use pake instead.
- Include pake in Perl's standard library.
Just a thought.
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- Re:Another option? (Score:2)
  
  by Ovid (2709)
  
  pmake [cpan.org]
  
  Step 1 is accomplished.
  - Re:Another option? (Score:2)
    
    by djberg96 (2603)
    
    Looks like it hasn't been touched in 6 years and has a failure with Perl 5.8.3, but it's a start. I think this is where Ruby is headed, using either Rake or Rant instead of relying on wrappers for make.
    - Re:Another option? (Score:2)
      
      by Ovid (2709)
      
      Java did the same thing with Ant. Strange that so many other communities view a dependency on make as a bad idea.

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