I'll accept that. It's that kind of generalization I was making. Not only Ant, but all the things we use it to build as well. I am no more eager to part with my "conveniences" as anyone else; however the fact remains that "something conducive to comfort or ease" is a "convenience" (definition taken from www.webster.com).
-Matt --- Conor MacNeill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt Benson wrote: > > Even though "It makes build files clearer, easier > to > > understand, and remove the need for having so many > > (private) targets with dependencies between them > as a > > direct consequence of the current only built-in > scheme > > to do conditional execution.", do these benefits > not > > amount to a convenience? Like electric lights... > I > > could wait until morning and go outside to be able > to > > see things, or I could turn on the light if only > it is > > provided to me. The light is much more > convenient, > > but other ways exist to see things! Similarly, > <if> > > does not provide anything from a functional > > perspective that cannot be accomplished some other > way > > in Ant (I don't think). > > > > You could probably argue that Ant itself is just a > convenience :-) > > Conor > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
