Do we have a convenient build tool for C++?

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  • xmake

    🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua

  • xmake is most convenient. https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake#automatic-integration-of-dependent-packages No more nasty XML or DSL eye sores, Lua is dead simple to hack and is an actual language.

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    CMake configuration that "just works" for simple projects.

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  • crates.io

    The Rust package registry

  • Language based package managers like NPM, CPAN, PIP, crates.io are really only there to deal with the hundreds of bindings required for non-C compatible languages so arguably we don't need them to the same extent when using C or C++.

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