From: Vassilis Rizopoulos <eldestdamphyr@...>
Date: 2011-12-18T22:27:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Share stories about using Ruby outside of pet projects

On 15/11/11 24:47 , Kevin wrote:
> @Vassilis: Why did you choose Ruby for your build system; does the 
> language or languages your project uses not come with build tools that 
> are adequate?  Or is it just a convenience thing like not having to 
> fire up your IDE or $EDITOR just to run tests?  Have you investigated 
> other Ruby implementations like JRuby or Ironruby?
It's actually simple: there are 4 IDEs, 5 compilers and 4 languages not 
counting our DSLs for code generation and test specifications. 
Maintaining project files for all IDEs becomes an exercise in futility 
so the best way is to revert to a command line build and then generate 
project files on demand.
Rake and Ruby are ideal for such an integration task.
Cheers,
V.-

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