You might want to have a look at this: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/htdc.html
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 2:37 AM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Nobody <nob...@nowhere.com> wrote: > > The Java compiler also acts as a "make" program. If it doesn't find > > a .class file for a needed class, it will search for the corresponding > > .java file and compile that. So to compile a complex program, you only > > need to compile the top-level file (e.g. HelloWorld.java), and it will > > compile everything which is required. No Makefile is needed, as the > > relationship between classes, object files and source files is fixed. > > > > If that's the entire benefit, then I think this is a rather hefty > price to pay for the elimination of a makefile. Oh wow, I can type > "javac MyClass.java" and it picks up all the others! If you're > dividing a project into multiple files already, is it that hard to > have one more that defines the relationships between the others? > > Chris Angelico > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Odeyemi 'Kayode O. http://www.sinati.com. t: @charyorde
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