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untothebreach on March 24, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bazel – Correct, reproducible, fast builds for eve...

huge Java projects...why would you compare a general build tool to a language-specific one?

pron on March 24, 2015 [–]

What difference does that make? I am not saying you could replace this tool with sjavac, but as they both tout speed as their main feature (and justification), I am wondering whether they both employ the same techniques or different ones.

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