10.06.2011, 00:42, "Hugo Parente Lima" <[email protected]>: > On Thursday 09 June 2011 07:57:17 Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > >> On 06/09/11 09:36, ext Alexander Neundorf wrote: >> [snip] >>> cmake was declarative when it was started, but became more and more >>> imperative. >> like qmake and about every other build tool that evolved from a >> particular project's build system. > > For me this is a clear sign that the declarative approach is not the right one > for a build system, but an utopia.
But build systems may be imperative to different extent. Best build system should have declarative syntax but allow use of general-purpose imperative language for truly non-trivial project-specific stuff. -- Regards, Konstantin _______________________________________________ Qt5-feedback mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt5-feedback
