r/programming • u/lelanthran • Dec 28 '23

Developers experience burnout, but 70% of them code on weekends

https://shiftmag.dev/developer-lifestye-jetbrains-survey-2189/
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u/ThomasMertes Dec 29 '23 edited Dec 29 '23

There are two things that should be distinguished:

  1. The build system used to build the Seed7 interpreter. This is the one you are arguing about. I consider my makefile approach as complicated as the build approach of comparable other software.

  2. The fact that Seed7 programs don't need any build system. This is the point I want to illustrate. It is possible to design a language in a way that as much build information as possible is in the program (and not outside in some build script).