[Info-vax] Modern software development for VMS, was: Re: source control and semantics (Re: Why so much Unix envy?)

[David Froble]

Shark8 wrote:
> On 9/16/2014 2:15 PM, David Froble wrote:
>> Shark8 wrote:
>>> On 9/14/2014 9:40 AM, David Froble wrote:
>>>> What's wrong with directories containing source files, build files, and
>>>> such?
>>>
>>> The reason that directories/source-files is bad is because it makes
>>> things like compiling/linking dependent on path-searching; it also
>>> makes things a bit more difficult for dependency-management and
>>> encourages inefficient practices/procedures (i.e. recursive make).
>>
>> How so?  I have no problems.  I can show examples.
> 
> Try getting into cygwin and using "funny" [non-standard] directory 
> layouts, especially when there's multiple systems [ie cross-compiling] 
> involved along with the native.

Well, for me, never used it, probably never will.

YMMV