Why a EU::CB replacement?

• CB couldn't do what I wanted
• CB couldn't do it how I wanted it

The past

• Monoliths
• Platform dependent hierarchy

ExtUtils::CBuilder

• EU::CB::Base
• EU::CB::Platform::$^O
• EU::CB

Principles

• Open ended
• Abstraction Layers
• Roles

Roles

• Moo

Layercake

Solves any problem…

Actions I

• execute
• to_command
• to_code
• preference

Actions II

• Command
• Code

Plan

• Target
• Dependencies
• Actions

Builders

• Compiler
• Linker

Builder pattern

Abstract creation

Example

• add_define
• add_includedir
• compile

Two axis

• Compiler family
• Object format

Autodetect

Platform specific behavior

Profile

Project specific behavior E.g. Perl ;-)