[Scons-users] Problems with the Java builder

[Russel Winder]

On Tue, 2014-01-21 at 14:41 -0600, Robert Zeigler wrote:

> I really don't see scons getting into the java game anytime soon. I

> like scons for a lot of things, but the gradle/maven/ivy folks are

> light years ahead of scons in managing java's class lib dependencies.

> Scons cod try to tie into the central maven repository I suppose, but

> I feel like there's a fundamental difference between java projects and

> c/c++ projects that goes back to core differences in philosophy

> between the languages. Scons certainly could try to compete with

> gradle... But I don't see any real point in doing so.  Maybe if you

> had a predominantly c project with a little java. But most mixtures

> will be predominantly java with a little c. As much as I like scons,

> gradle is a superior tool for building java projects, and I don't see

> that changing anytime soon. 


Which is why Gradle can now do C and C++ compilations. Hans is very
confident Gradle compilation of C and C++ will be vastly superior to
that of SCons, Waf, CMake, and Autotools. Not to mention MSBuild.

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