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Hi again people! I would just like to clarify something if your new to the thread: this is not currently meant to replace actual systems, or to even be something that is used. I didn't really expect this thread to get so popular, or to even take this project seriously. For me, at least, it wasn't a serious project. I might begin turning it into one, and all of you have given me great feedback -- thank you!

However, I, and as you've made it clear, you all as well, think that this project is not ready. It's 0.1.0-alpha.1! I will continue to improve and build upon it, and there are many issues I'll fix. In the meantime, I'll add a thing on the README that says this.

I'm not sure, probably not right now, but I'll try!

Hmm, I'll consider them, thanks! I'm sure I'll find something soon...

Thank you for your advice! Yes, this is partially for Hack Club, partially as a personal project. I'll look into Bazel and Buck2.

An excellent point! I hope I'll be able to handle those cases in the future, and I am kind of seeing this situation: people aren't understanding that this is _the first alpha pre-release of 0.1.0 software._ It isn't going to do everything. It was mostly a test of my skills that started to turn into a serious project, which it wasn't really intended to be.

Since Seastar is written in Rust, and I don't have Rust support yet...no. However, it should be fairly simple to add. Despite what people want me to do, I am not going to fully reimplement Cargo -- it took the Rust devs years, and I'm just one person. However, I can call Cargo with the correct flags and config files to interface with my existing code, and I am planning on doing that soon.

That's alright! However, if you don't mind me asking, what would make you potentially interested?

Currently, I just have "binary" targets, which output an executable, and "library" targets which output a static library. This is decided by a flag in the TOML [package] table: is_lib = true|false. For a binary project, it just links as normal, using the compiler as the linker by default (also can be changed through TOML). Thus, the entry point is `main()`. However, for libraries, the object files are configured the same, and it calls my link function, but with different arguments and `ar` set as the linker. Therefore, a `.a` file is created. (Probably this is my biggest source of Windows incompatibilities)

It's kind of the-chicken-and-the-egg scenario. I wanted a hospitable development environment to build a hospitable development environment. Also, prebuilt binaries work just fine. I made this in around eleven hours, so it should be fairly easy to rewrite in other languages if that is what the community wants. This project is already getting a lot more attention than I was expecting, and it is definitely still in alpha. However, you can use whatever tools you want to use.

I know, others have mentioned it as well. Seastar is a temporary name I forgot to change, and if you have any suggestions, feel free to provide them!

This, also my goal wasn't necessarily to replace existing tools, but to fill a gap. "If it isn't configured in TOML it isn't worth using" is something that I've heard, whether or not you agree. As for system packages, version conflicts do happen. My goal wasn't to replace existing build systems, or replace existing package managers, but to combine them. It isn't very good in its current state, but by combining two essential tools into one, I hopefully make it easier.

Thanks, that's great advice! I'll consider it. I've been meaning to update the readme for a while now, so this just gives me an excuse to do so. I think the most important thing to work on right now is compatibility. Obviously, people like OpenCV or Vulcan aren't going to switch, and so it should at least be easy for those who do to make the switch.

Thanks! I always have trouble coming up with names (any suggestions would be awesome), so I often end up giving temporary names, and then forget to rename :/

Thank you for the tip! Yeah, I was probably gonna rename either way, funny I didn't find that when Googling...