The Joys Of Data-Driven Programming

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99 at 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