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by 90s_dev
410 days ago
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> The whole "critic" towards `build.zig` also seems like it's done with without good faith. Yes it's daunting at first. Yes it requires to learn about the build system in the beginning. Sure those are all very real Arguments, author just doesn't want to mention the benefits of it. He just pointed out to us language skimmers that it's a potential chicken egg problem, which we may not have considered. Perfect for this kind of article. Whereas pointing out its merits would just be recreating part of ziglang.org |
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Out of my head, the benefits of having a `build.zig` that you learn right from the get go is, that you kind of have to dig a bit into the eco-system a bit. Also how the buildsystem works, etc. which then in return makes it muuuuch easier later on if you have a bigger project, to properly utilize the power of the buildsystem.
I can also only consider my perspective here, but I've done quite a bit of Rust now (and work with it for over a year now, full time as well), and i can tell you as much: I would be thrown into icy waters if i need to do anything with a build.rs.