On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 09:05:33AM -0400, Andy Dougherty wrote:
> While imperfect and Unix-centric, we can (and should!) learn a lot
> from auto{conf,make} and metaconfig.*nod*. I just had a look around, and most of the other languages are using autoconf. But then, most of the other languages don't run on upwards of 70 platforms. :( I wonder how serious we need to be about keeping that goal. > One other thing that nearly all such previous auto-configuration systems > have in common is that nearly every developer of such a system vastly > underestimated the scale and complexity of the task to be undertaken. And that they're all disgustingly difficult to maintain and write scripts for. autoconf scares me, and the number of people really good at writing metaconfig units can be counted on both thumbs. -- My sister married a German. He complained he couldn't get a good bagel back home. I said: 'Well, whose fault is that?' - Emo Philips
