On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:57 AM, Ivan Raikov <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > Some time last December, I made a partial port of the Chicken > build system to Scheme, and I got as far as getting Chicken 3 to build > under Linux, Mac OS, and Mingw+msys. The code consists mainly of the > PLT make macro, some FFI definitions to support I/O pipe functionality > under both POSIX and Windows, and the ported make rules. I used the > Chicken compiler to generate one C file which can then be distributed > and used for boostrapping the Chicken build system. Even though the > port is quite rudimentary, I think the result is a much more > manageable build system, not in the least because it eliminates the > ridiculous make scoping rules. > > Is anybody here interested in helping me continue work on this > and porting it to Chicken 4? The current code is in the SVN > repository, in directory release/3/cmk. Feedback and comments are much > appreciated. >
Hi, Ivan! I don't have the time for participating, but I think this is cool idea. Note that mingw (with windows shell) and msvc is the real challenge (but a good target, because we can get around the shell limitations that way). cheers, felix _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
