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Subject: Re: sim: using automake
From: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
To: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
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On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:
>
> Doug> [I would prefer to avoid automake.]
>
> Can you say why?

It's an extra layer of complication that I've always had to fight with
(as opposed to working with).

There are lots of problems that can be solved by an extra layer of
abstraction (heck, Transmeta lived (and died, heh) by that).
But I haven't been convinced that this is one of them.