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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: S-expression I/O in Ada
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:55:53 +0200
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On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:34:41 +0000 (UTC), Natasha Kerensikova wrote:

> Now honestly I have not looked into project files yet, so I have no idea
> of their expressive power or clarity.

Project files supersede both makefile and configure. For example, we
compile our stuff (quite low-level-messy networking things) for either
Windows or VxWorks using just one project. Try this with makefiles.

> However project files are specific to Ada, while makefiles have a much
> broader use, which makes them more useful as a standard and a more
> rewarding time investment.

No, project files aren't specific to Ada. GPRbuild is designed to support C
and other languages.

As for makefile "standard," did you try a gnu-make file with nmake (MSVC).
The converse?

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