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28<a name="jam"></a>Chapter 24. Boost.Jam : 3.1.14</h2></div>
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30<span class="firstname">Rene</span> <span class="surname">Rivera</span>
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33<span class="firstname">David</span> <span class="surname">Abrahams</span>
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36<span class="firstname">Vladimir</span> <span class="surname">Prus</span>
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39      Rivera, David Abrahams, Vladimir Prus</p></div>
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79<p>
80      Boost.Jam (BJam) is a build tool based on FTJam, which in turn is based on
81      <a href="http://www.perforce.com/jam/jam.html" target="_top">Perforce Jam</a>. It
82      contains significant improvements made to facilitate its use in the Boost Build
83      System, but should be backward compatible with <a href="http://www.perforce.com/jam/jam.html" target="_top">Perforce
84      Jam</a>.
85    </p>
86<p>
87      This is version 3.1.14 of BJam and is based on version 2.4 of Jam/MR:
88    </p>
89<pre class="programlisting">/+\
90+\  Copyright 1993-2002 Christopher Seiwald and Perforce Software, Inc.
91+/
92This is Release 2.4 of Jam/MR, a make-like program.
93License is hereby granted to use this software and distribute it
94freely, as long as this copyright notice is retained and modifications
95are clearly marked.
96ALL WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.
97</pre>
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100<a name="jam.intro.features"></a> Features</h3></div></div></div>
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102        Jam is a make(1) replacement that makes building simple things simple and
103        building complicated things manageable.
104      </p>
105<p>
106        Jam's language is expressive, making Jamfiles (c.f. Makefiles) compact.
107      </p>
108<p>
109        Jam handles header file dependencies automatically and on-the-fly.
110      </p>
111<p>
112        Jam is very portable: it runs on UNIX, VMS, Mac, and NT. Most Jamfiles themselves
113        are portable.
114      </p>
115<p>
116        Jam is unintrusive: it is small, it has negligible CPU overhead, and it doesn't
117        create any of its own funny files (c.f. Odin, nmake, SunOS make).
118      </p>
119<p>
120        Jam can build large projects spread across many directories in one pass,
121        without recursing, tracking the relationships among all files. Jam can do
122        this with multiple, concurrent processes.
123      </p>
124<p>
125        Jam isn't under the blinkin GNU copyright, so you can incorporate it into
126        commercial products.
127      </p>
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