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Re:Zig: a system language which prioritizes optimality, safe... by pjc50 on Monday August 29, 2016 @04:25AM (#12380698)
1-3 are a tremendous amount of work, especially if you want to replicate "everything" that automake does.
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Re:Zig: a system language which prioritizes optimality, safe... by IshKebab on Monday August 29, 2016 @05:29AM (#12380869)
You don't need to replace everything that automake does. 90% of it is obsolete, and 9% only applies to weird C compilers.
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Re:Zig: a system language which prioritizes optimality, safe... by jwatte on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:33PM (#12395578)
Automake/autoconf is terrible a and nobody really needs it these days (and, some say, never did.)
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