Promising alternatives to make?

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mike511 picture mike511 · Sep 15, 2008 · Viewed 43.6k times · Source

I've been using make and makefiles for many many years, and although the concept is sound, the implementation has something to be desired.

Has anyone found any good alternatives to make that don't overcomplicate the problem?

Answer

WaldWolf picture WaldWolf · Sep 15, 2008

check out SCons. For example Doom 3 and Blender make uses of it.

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