What was used to build C++ programs before Cmake?

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  • ninja

    a small build system with a focus on speed

    Ninja showed real promise for a while, but then CMake grew up and people stopped seeing a reason to leave it behind.

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  • Bazel

    a fast, scalable, multi-language and extensible build system

    Bazel is a Google project that showcases first-class support for the major languages Google uses (C++, Java, Go), and it'd probably have replaced CMake if it weren't written in Java, which brought a host of technical challenges. Then those challenges were fixed and Oracle threatened to bring legal challenges instead.

  • scons

    SCons - a software construction tool

    SCons never got popular enough to escape the niches it grew up in.

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