RE: restarting the discussion: parrot build system

Jarkko Hietaniemi:
# > 3. Build EVERYTHING in an order that will jive with the 
# dependencies,
# > REGARDLESS of if it actually *needs* to be rebuilt.
# 
# Ummm, how is this different from a hardwired sequence of 
# system() calls
# embedded in a C program?

The user never has to invoke a compiler.  It's the difference between:

	C:\>cl buildparrot.c
	C:\>buildparrot "cl /switches"

and just

	C:\>buildparrot "cl /switches"

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