[CMake] CMake with Lua Experiment

[Mike Jackson]

On Nov 27, 2007, at 4:08 PM, Brandon Van Every wrote:

> On Nov 27, 2007 3:50 PM, Juan Sanchez <Juan.Sanchez at amd.com> wrote:
>> The goal of course is to have a language which is well documented,
>
> Yep.
>
>> popular,
>
> Or at least not unpopular.  There's a perception that TCL has "lost"
> the scripting wars.
>
>> self-consistent,
>
> Yep.
>
>> and not home-made.
>
> Well, there are quality and maintenance tradeoffs here.  Someone
> else's language ain't that great if it's a PITA to use.
>
>> if Lua takes off, it will be much better than what we have now.
>
> I'm not convinced.  I'd like to see an acutal Lua build system, to get
> an idea just how many quotes and unpack() statements I'd likely be
> typing.  Googling...
>
>
> Cheers,
> Brandon Van Every
>


How about we give the cmake developers some time to address some of  
the shortcomings of CMake BEFORE we toss the baby out with the bath  
water...

-- 
Mike Jackson   Senior Research Engineer
Innovative Management & Technology Services