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The problem with "the language tooling is already a build system" is that cross-language dependency chains are a thing. The moment you need a Rust or Zig file t
by synalx 10mo ago
The problem with "the language tooling is already a build system" is that cross-language dependency chains are a thing. The moment you need a Rust or Zig file to be regenerated and recompiled when a JSON schema or .proto file is updated, you're outside what most of those language-specific toolchains can support. This is where Bazel absolutely shines.
- Cloudef 10mo agoZig build system can do all that just fine though
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- eska 10mo agoIf all of your dependencies need to use the same build system as your project then your build system/process is defect anyway. It should be possible to invoke a foreign build system as part of your build.
- steeve 10mo agoand it would be terrible for hermeticity and reproducibility, nix tries very hard and gets mediocre results perhaps, just perhaps, why people go through the trouble not because they are idiots but for actual engineering reasons
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- dlahoda 10mo agoRust build system can do all that just fine though