On 7 September 2016 at 01:47, Viktor Engelmann <viktor.engelm...@qt.io> wrote:
> > Am 06.09.2016 um 06:52 schrieb Ch'Gans: > > On 6 September 2016 at 16:20, Thiago Macieira <thiago.macie...@intel.com> > <thiago.macie...@intel.com> wrote: > > Which is, in itself, an argument: why learn yet another buildsystem? > > ... > > Why learn yet another programming language? > > ... > > An average software developer knows about, says 10 to 20 programming > languages, maybe even more depending on the definition of "language". > Why should he/she knows just one build system? > > Chris > > > My 2 cents: I want to spend my time on programming = being productive - > Not waste my time fighting against an incredibly stupid build system... > > In my opinion, build systems in general haven't matured the way compilers > have. Using classes and polymorphism, you can easily explain arbitrarily > complex situations to compilers. I have yet to see a build system that > understands more complex situations than "FILE1 IS OLDER THAN FILE2". > This is the Makefile approach, the whole Makefile thing is based on "FILE1 IS OLDER THAN FILE2" (and so is CMake). I think that Qbs is way more than this. Maybe have a quick look at the documentation to realise how the approach is completely different. Qbs understand the concept of classes and polymorphism. In my projects, I define a "base class" (a Product in Qbs terminology), and I can derive this product into more specific product, of course derived products inherit from their base behaviours and properties, and of course i can overwrite properties (inc, full overwrite, append, prepend, transform, ...). Qbs is really different. See eg. http://doc.qt.io/qbs/language-introduction.html They don't even have the slightest understanding of the commands they > execute - they just slap some raw strings together (which YOU have to > provide) and pass them to a shell. Oh, these raw strings were for a > different OS? Or even just a different version of the same compiler on the > same OS? well too bad... > > It kind of reminds me of this joke: > http://www.ebaumsworld.com/jokes/blond-hole-diggers/80432143/ > Will have to check this one at home, corporate "firewall" tells me: "404: Access denied - Adult detected" ... Chris > > > Viktor > > -- > > > Viktor Engelmann > Software Engineer > > The Qt Company GmbH > Rudower Chaussee 13 > D-12489 Berlin > viktor.engelm...@qt.io > +49 151 26784521 > http://qt.io > > Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Mika Harjuaho > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht > Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B > <http://qt.io> > <http://www.facebook.com/Qt> <http://www.twitter.com/qtproject> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-qt-company/> > <https://plus.google.com/104580575722059274792> > <https://www.youtube.com/QtStudios> > [image: Qt World Summit 2016] <http://qtworldsummit.com/> > Qt World Summit 2016 | Pier 27, San Francisco, CA > Experience Exponential Potential on October 18-20 > www.qtworldsummit.com > > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > Development@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development > >
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