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I guess you could write machine code by hand if you don't want to build it. Otherwise, what specifically do you propose to do away with build systems?

• phendrenad2 4y ago
  Okay you got me, I don't want to get rid of build systems. I want to stop having to think about them, because it's a waste of my time.
  • kristjansson 4y ago
    I think across this thread you're thinking about the run-a-graph-of-tasks aspect of build systems. I'd agree with you that's mostly-uninteresting. However, that's also the least significant aspect of what these build systems do. Most of the work is _determining_ the graph tasks that need to be run, and therefore a lot of the differentiation is in the ability to write new rules to guide that process and in the engine driving it.
    • phendrenad2 4y ago
      I think this is a case of YAGNI. Yes, there are cases where you have a big graph of sources and products and you can't plan up-front what you'll need. I.E. you're at a megacorp and your dependencies are created by some branch of the organization that is actively hostile to yours. I dunno. But I think that most people just don't have those problems.