Java 1.3

[Ben Laurie]

"Mark S. Miller" wrote:
> 
> At 10:39 AM 6/2/00 , Ben Laurie wrote:
> >Speaking from experience, Ant is substantially easier to maintain than
> >make.
> 
> Ok, I'll certainly take your experience over my off the cuff reaction.  But
> WHY did they make it so unreadable?  What do they gain by basing it on XML?

They're all XML fiends ... seems to go with Java!

> Would layering a specialized surface syntax on Ant indeed greatly improve
> it, or am I misunderstanding the nature of the tool?

So write a converter for your favourite syntax.

> In any case, the alternative I'm considering is just bash without make.
> Given that incremental re-making isn't an issue, is there any reason to
> prefer Ant to bash?

It finds all the classes for you.

Cheers,

Ben.

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