Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >> No. The programming language is such that it is impossible to figure out by
> >> looking at the source code what the dependencies are on other source code.
> >
> > If that were true, then it would be impossible to compile the program.
> > After all, it's impossible for the compiler to figure out which files are
> > being included just by looking at the source code.
> >
> > I suppose compilers do it by magic, then.
> Here are three C source files. Please compile them and tell me what it
> prints. Or do you think this code is impossible to compile? Or do you admit
> that it's impossible to figure out by looking at the source code what the
> dependencies are on other source code?
So essentially you want the compiler to know what to compile without
you specifying what to compile.
AFAIK mind-reading technology has still not been invented.
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- Warp
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