[Vm-dev] CMakeMaker--whaddya think?

[David Ungar]

Would it be simpler to just generate Makefiles from Smalltalk?

On Apr 15, 2014, at 5:08 PM, gettimothy <gettimothy at zoho.com> wrote:

> Hi all.
> 
> Unless I am talked out of it , I am going to generate the CMMake "stuff" from Smalltalk classes similar to the way that VMMaker generates source code.
> 
> My reasons are:
>       1. source control is Monticello. (and if you generate the source tree, the pharo folks can use that to pipe into git--so that sorta-kinda-syncs things up a bit)
>       2. modification and maintenance is in Squeak.
>       3. it should be fun.
>       4. Modular (looking at the CMake generators, it just begs for OOP approach)
>       5. Each plugin is responsible for its own CMakeLists.txt (i.e. cmake configuration file)
>       ....
> 
> whaddya think?
> 
> 
> Also, if you are ok with the idea, what do you want it named? Do you want some classes added to VMMaker or do you want something elsewhere?
> 
> 
> p.s. I am suffering from a bit of Spring Fever and took the weekend and Monday and most of today off.
> I am still studying CMaker before I even look at the existing project for Interpreter and I will probably not look at the existing Interpreter CMake project until I go through
> the exercise of writing my own from scratch (unless I fall flat on my face, then I will take a peek (:  )
> 

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