Where is Build Systems Innovation?
summary
Argument that build-system innovation comes from redesign, not incremental tweaks, backed by a concrete project: build2 is a C++ build toolchain rebuilt from scratch to make cross-compiling pleasant. Demo shows compiling Windows binaries on Linux by running the Visual Studio compiler via Wine, Emacs jumping to MSVC-format errors, and running unit tests under Wine with assertion failures and source locations preserved. Practical proof of concept that the approach works.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 1:48Cross-Compilation
- 2:24Use Visual Studio To Build Linux Binaries
- 3:42Syntax Error
- 4:22Build System Tests
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