On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 09:23:58PM +0000, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d wrote: > Ary Borenszweig <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12/31/14 9:17 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote: > >> On 2014-12-30 02:51, Walter Bright wrote: > >> > >>> (And actually, the Ddoc macro system very closely resembles the > >>> one used by make, as that is a simple and effective one, well > >>> known by programmers.) > >> > >> "make" has to be the worst tool ever created. I not just me that > >> has that opinion [1]. That you even consider this as a positive > >> argument is baffling me. Or rather not, if you like "make" I can > >> see why you like Ddoc. > >> > >> [1] http://www.conifersystems.com/whitepapers/gnu-make/ > >> > > > > Agreed. I try to avoid makefiles as much as I can. > > > > And it's no wonder why there are so many alternatives (rake, nake, > > etc.) > > ... Neither of which successful :o)
Yeah, just like D is still floundering in obscurity while inferior languages like C/C++ continue to flourish. *shrug* T -- There are four kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics.
