Re: how to tell gnatmake to send executables to a different directory when compiling multi source?

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

"Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> writes:
> Here is a link that describes this and more , called
> "Advanced Auto-Dependency Generation"
>
> http://make.paulandlesley.org/autodep.html

I like this title very much; it reflects very well the poor state of the
art in C (and C++) programming.

- they think they "generate" dependencies by parsing source files.  This
  is wrong.  They generate dependencies when _writing_ the source
  files.  GCC has a tool to _extract_ not _generate_ dependencies.

- they think this technology is "advanced".  This is wrong.  Ada has had
  automatic dependency management mandated in the language since 1979.
  Other languages like OCaml too.

- by "advanced" they imply that "this is not for beginners or the faint
  of heart".  Taking advantage of this "advanced" technology requires
  mastery of C, GCC and Make.  Not to mention the vendor lock-in that
  results from relying on a non-standard feature of GCC.  On the
  contrary, beginners are the ones who need help the most, even those
  not using GCC or Make.

- they are proud to have "invented" an "advanced technology", just like
  Georg described.  While they "can do it", Ada already "has it".

They simply don't have a clue, do they?  Well, I contend that they are
being seduced and blinded by their own devil.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.