Subject: [Gcl-devel] RE: [Maxima] Make or defsystem
From: Camm Maguire
Date: 02 Feb 2004 10:07:29 -0500
Greetings!
Steve Haflich <smh@franz.com> writes:
> The question whether make or defsystem is better cannot be abstracted
> frmo the context. I could well believe that make is superior in an
> environment where nondevelopers may need to (re)build the application
> from scratch. But I believe defsystem and its cousins are more apt
> for developers, where desystem in the running development image can
> track what needs to be recompiled and reloaded, greatly reducing
> turnaround time during rapid development.
>
This sounds pretty insightful. Given this, perhaps the best would be
to define in defsystem, and have a lisp export facility to makefiles.
In today's opensource world, *many* non-experts/developers wind up
compiling their own programs.
Take care,
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