[CMake] Re: premake build system

Gonzalo Garramuño ggarra at advancedsl.com.ar
Mon Dec 17 14:15:37 EST 2007


Bill Hoffman wrote:
> It is harder than you think, but maybe you are right. If you look at 
> Ohloh:  http://www.ohloh.net/projects/3238?p=CMake
> 
> It shows CMake as a 51 person year project at a cost of 2.7 million. 
> That may not actually be far from the mark...
> 

Well, following the same standard, imagine if you were using a common 
language like Ruby which is 125 person year project at a cost of 6 million.

You'd have had 4 million to spare and 50+ additional year/developers to 
begin with even before you wrote your first cmake line!



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