Kode Vicious: System Changes and Side Effects.

In this article the author discusses switching build systems within the computer science industry, examining the complexity of Makefiles that exist in a build system. Topics include updating a legacy code, the benefits of switching a legacy system's build strategy, and Makefiles that are so complex...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 25 - 27
Autor principal: Neville-Neil, George V.
Formato: Opinion
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Apr2009
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Sumario:In this article the author discusses switching build systems within the computer science industry, examining the complexity of Makefiles that exist in a build system. Topics include updating a legacy code, the benefits of switching a legacy system's build strategy, and Makefiles that are so complex that new users cannot modify them.