A couple nights ago I added derived object caching (about 20 lines of Python code) and command file dependency tracking (if /usr/bin/gcc changes, your program is recompiled). Last night I changed the gcc tool to know how to do automatic dependency tracking.

Derived object caches are a bit funny to work with. For instance, rm *.o doesn't cause a rebuild. It just pulls things in from the cache. This "feels weird", perhaps due to my long history with make. Signatures also are a bit odd. For instance, the build tool is impervious to touch. Another example is if I add whitespace to a C source file, the resulting executable isn't relinked (since the object file doesn't change). (This stuff all works right now with my prototype.)

Recently I've been trying to build Eclipse with gcj. This is an adventure, since Eclipse has 75 jar files (for now I'm compiling from bytecode) and uses all kinds of packages, including things it shouldn't like com.sun.tools (hiss). I've also tried getting Eclipse to run with gij; this has shown me that working out the library issues is only the start of my problems.

Austin Powers 3. Better than I thought it would be. I found the opening sequence particularly interesting, and inventive. Parts lagged, though, and by the end I was ready to leave.