[Gllug] Bison question

Nix nix at esperi.demon.co.uk
Tue Dec 10 15:38:06 UTC 2002


On Sat, 07 Dec 2002, Tethys stated:
> 
> Nix writes:
>>you're complaining that something is a bad thing when it's been
>>deprecated, documented and replaced with better alternatives for more
>>than a year...
> 
> True enough. My last experiences with autoconf were sufficiently
> unpleasant that I haven't really looked at it since (certainly not
> within the last year). If it's improved since then, I might give
> it another go.

IMHO, autoconf-2.5x is a *huge* improvement over 2.13; it's more like a
language now than a hole-filled sheet of M4 macros.

It's damned nearly a complete rewrite.

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`Ah, but don't you feel the jackboot of state oppression whenever you have
 to deal with the uniformed storm-troopers of government bureaucracy, viz.
 the bus company ticket inspectors?
 Damn you for a Stalinist stooge!' --- Charlie Stross

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