Re: Java and .NET (no Flames Pls)

From: Jon Skeet [C# MVP] (skeet_at_pobox.com)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:14:16 +0100

Mike Newton <MNewton@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Note that I don't mean "as you type" error detection - I mean actual
> > compilation. In Eclipse, by default it compiles the code every time you
> > hit save. If VS.NET did that, it would be a pain in the neck because it
> > would recompile a whole load of stuff which hadn't changed
>
> That's not exactly true. You can set projects to be compiled
> incrementally, and csc will only compile those tidbits that have been
> changed.
>
> Granted, this isn't the default, but it *does* exist. Check out a
> rather large library like iTextSharp, which is set to incremental build.
> The first compile is long, but subsequent compiles are very fast (and
> I have made a few minor tweaks).

Now that's interesting - where's the option for that? I can't find it
in VS.NET 2003.

(I assume it recompiles dependent files, etc - just recompiling the
files which have changed isn't enough.) 

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