On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 11:18:49 PM UTC+1, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrenced...@gmail.com>: > > > On Monday, August 22, 2016 at 2:20:39 AM UTC+12, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > >> ... can heartily recommend SCons. > > > > It’s Python 2 only, not Python 3. > > And? SCons is very good, definitely beats make. It also illustrates the > use of a real programming language for special applications (as opposed > to ad hoc rules). > > The flawed thinking behind rules is often expressed like this: We want > rules because not everybody is a programmer. > > However, with rules, not even a programmer knows how to configure the > thing. > > > Marko
Some people clearly disagree http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.co.uk/2009/06/dont-need-no-stinking-rules-engine.html Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
