[Chicken-users] alternate build tools

[Brandon J. Van Every]

felix winkelmann wrote:

> Originally the autotools integration is by Doug Quale, with additions
> by various people. I just learned enough to maintain the scripts
> (badly). I despise the whole stuff, but admittedly it works quite ok.
>
> If I were to start again, I'd not use it. I think that's the rational way to
> proceed.
>
>  
How do you feel about either a Python or a Java dependency?  I've been 
looking into the problem of targeting multiple C/C++ compilers on 
multiple platforms.  2 tools look like they may be "industrial strength" 
solutions to the problem:

scons, a Python script based build system
http://www.scons.org/

Ant with the ant-contrib cc Task
http://ant.apache.org/
http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/
http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/cc.html (list of supported compilers)


Cheers,
Brandon J. Van Every
   (cruise (director (of SeaFunc)
           '(Seattle Functional Programmers)))
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SeaFunc