Python Make

[François Pinard]

Helge Hess <helge.hess at mdlink.de> writes:

> Ian Clarke wrote:

> > Has anyone considered using Python as a replacement for the "make" [...]

> YES! I had the same idea :-) [...] The negative aspect is that one
> needs python for compilation then (eg you can't compile python using
> 'python' makefiles).

Detail!  Given you have some `dryrun' option, just use it for generating
a distributable batch script, that could then be used for bootstrap.

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François Pinard   http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard